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Nursing shortage yields R.I., N.H., Mass. collaboration
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
PROVIDENCE — At Rhode Island Hospital, the shortage of highly qualified nurses who teach is already so bad that it’s had two nurse educator positions open for two years, even at the largest hospital in a state with one of the nation’s worst unemployment rates.
“It has an impact on care. It really does. It has an impact on how quickly we are able to advance and institute new programs,” said Barbara Riley, the hospital’s chief nursing officer. “We absolutely struggle to find nurses with master’s degrees who are educated in teaching.”
posted in: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, news, Rhode Island
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BrainTrack Announces Twice Yearly Nursing Scholarship
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
MARLBOROUGH, MA—09/08/09—BrainTrack, the widely referenced higher-education resource, today announced The BrainTrack Nursing Schools Scholarship, a biannual scholarship for students currently studying to become a nurse, such as an LPN or RN, or to advance their education as a nurse via associate, bachelor, masters, or doctoral degree programs. Designed to help others evaluate nursing career options, BrainTrack’s scholarship will provide a $1,000 first place and $500 runner up award each semester for the best essays about an entrant’s experiences as a nursing student. BrainTrack Nursing Schools Scholarship rules and entry form are available at: http://www.braintrack.com/colleges-by-career/registered-nurses#scholarship.
posted in: Massachusetts, news
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South Shore Hospital’s nursing staff obtains ‘elite’ status
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
WEYMOUTH —
South Shore Hospital’s nursing staff has reached an elite level that few hospitals’ nursing staffs obtain.
Executives and nurses at the Weymouth hospital learned last month that it had earned “Magnet” status, as designated by the American Nurses Association. The designation represents the culmination of roughly five years of effort at the hospital.
posted in: Massachusetts, news
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Trio of unions set to merge, to be largest nurses union in U.S.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
The long-anticipated merger of three major nurse unions is set for December. The name of the new organization will be National Nurses United.
Leaders of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, United American Nurses, and Massachusetts Nurses Association said Monday that a founding convention for the new, 150,000-member nurses union will be held Dec. 7-8 in Scottsdale, AZ. According to a statement from the groups, the new nurse-led union will be dedicated to passing laws establishing RN-to-patient safe staffing ratios, and will emphasize protecting and expanding patient rights. The union will be the largest nurses’ union in American history, according to the groups.
posted in: California, Massachusetts, news
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Lahey Clinic recognized for nursing excellence
Monday, August 24, 2009
Burlington - Lahey Clinic has achieved Magnet status in recognition of excellence in nursing care.
The Magnet Recognition Program, administered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), recognizes health care organizations worldwide that are dedicated to nursing excellence, professionalism and patient-focused care.
posted in: Massachusetts, news
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Tufts foundation wins $250k nursing grant
Friday, August 21, 2009
Tufts Health Plan Foundation announced Thursday it was chosen as one of 19 foundations nationwide to receive $250,000 in funding from a national initiative intended to help address nursing shortages.
With the two-year grant, Tufts Health Plan Foundation will develop a regional approach to nursing education. The tri-state collaboration, which will include peer organizations in New Hampshire and Rhode Island, will work specifically with the Massachusetts Hospital Association to implement the program.
posted in: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, news, Rhode Island
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HCPro, Inc. Announces Winners of the 2009 Nursing Image Awards
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Marblehead, MA (PRWEB) August 18, 2009—HCPro, Inc., a leading provider of nursing education and management resources, is pleased to announce the winners of the first Nursing Image Awards.
The Nursing Image Awards recognize nurses and nurse leaders who have helped elevate the image of nursing through exceptional leadership, teamwork, or clinical accomplishments. The awards celebrate an image of nursing excellence upheld by commitments to improving patient care, quality outcomes, nurse satisfaction, and the healthcare environment.
posted in: Massachusetts, news
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Nurses in Massachusetts understand the need for health reform
Friday, August 14, 2009
Nurses are in a unique position to attest to the consequences of how today’s current health care market has privileged expensive, acute treatments over more cost-saving models that focus on disease prevention, health education and screening. While much has been made of the plight of the country’s almost 50 million uninsured, less has been made of the growing number of under-insured people, who can no longer afford even their employer-based plans or find that their health care needs are not being met despite their current coverage.
posted in: Massachusetts, news
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Nurses ask for help lifting heavy patients
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
A Cape Cod Hospital nurse told state legislators yesterday that the obesity epidemic is hurting American nurses — particularly in the neck, shoulders and back.
Speaking at a hearing on the proposed The Safe Patient Handling Act, registered nurse Beth Piknick said she developed a “never-ending back spasm” after 25 years of heaving lifting on the job.
Heavier patients mean nurses and nursing assistants are lifting 200- to 400-pound patients several times a day, often with no assistance, said David Schildmeier, spokesman for the Massachusetts Nurses Association, which proposed the legislation calling for hospitals to provide a system to help nurses safely lift and handle patients.
posted in: Massachusetts, news
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Starting Health Care Reform in the ER
Friday, June 19, 2009
To get a sense of just how dysfunctional American health care is, members of Congress don’t need to look further than their local emergency department (ED). The overcrowding in EDs is so bad these days that patients who walk in with “immediate” needs, meaning the most severe on a clinical scale, wait an average of 28 minutes to see a doctor, according to a Government Accountability Office report released in May. That’s 27 minutes more than the recommended wait time for such conditions. Between 1996 and 2006, even as some 200 EDs shut down completely, visits nationwide went from 90 million to 119 million, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Emergency departments are so packed that an ambulance is turned away and sent to one farther away every minute.
posted in: Massachusetts, news
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