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Mental-health fund shortfall a surprise
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
The head of the state Department of Mental Health plans to meet today with Gov. Haley Barbour regarding the $30 million shortfall in funding for Mississippi’s 15 community mental health centers.
Some lawmakers “thought there was money in the budget that was not there,” Ed LeGrand, executive director of the Department of Mental Health, said Monday. “They realize now they did not have all the information.”
Department officials hope to get backing from Barbour and lawmakers for a plan to borrow against the fiscal year’s second half of appropriations to make up for the deficit. Under the plan, lawmakers would reimburse the department after they return in January.
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PSS keeps working to provide compassionate healthcare
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
GREENVILLE — Health care is one of those businesses that tends to produce a “Catch 22” situation.
Providers have to strike a balance between patient care and staying in business.
Professional Staffing Solutions Executive Director Pandora Redmond appears to have found a niche that doesn’t compromise patient care in the very competitive health care industry.
“We offer optimal services not only to the large facilities but also to the community,” Redmond said. “We provide health care staffing to hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, private homes or to whomever is short-staffed or needs assistance in the form of registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, home makers, RT’s and EMT’s.”
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Nurses learn specialized care for sexual assault victims
Friday, June 26, 2009
OCEAN SPRINGS In a five-day, 40-hour forensic nursing course at the Ocean Springs Hospital, 30 nurses learned both how to care for sexual assault victims and how to collect samples from the crime.
Today, the final day of the course, the nurses were to be in a Harrison County courtroom learning about testifying.
Education coordinator Elise Turner drew the line between the nurses and TV forensic shows.
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Revolutionary nursing training tool debuts at EMCC
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Educators from every practical nursing program in the state were introduced Friday to a revolutionary nursing invention that will change the classroom forever — the METIman.
Nursing educators from across Mississippi gathered at East Mississippi Community College’s Golden Triangle campus for the second annual Mississippi Council of Directors of Practical Nursing Programs Retreat Friday. The council of directors retreat was started as a way for nursing educators to gather together without students to discuss advances in nursing and network with each other to improve nursing in Mississippi.
METIman is a simulator that has all the basic function of a human for teaching the fundamentals of nursing practice.
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Program works to ease nursing shortage
Friday, May 08, 2009
The numbers don’t lie. Mississippi continues to have a nursing shortage.
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According to 2007 data from the Mississippi Office of Nursing Workforce, state hospitals have an 8.7 percent nurse vacancy rate. That is marginally higher than the nationwide 8.1 percent vacancy rate reported by the American Hospital Association.
And it isn’t going away.
“There’s a shortage in the country,” said Ricki Garrett, executive director of the Mississippi Nursing Association. “We are probably going to go from about 7-8 percent to 29 percent by 2020 nationally - that’s a shortage of half a million nurses.”
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Health Department Provides Vital Services
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
You might know that the Calhoun County Health Department is a good place to get your child immunized, receive your seasonal flu shot and obtain your blood tests for a marriage license, but you may not be aware of just how much your community depends on other, perhaps lesser-known services. These services protect the health of Calhoun County residents 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
“Even if you never walk through the door of the Calhoun County Health Department, the services we provide benefit everyone,” said Mississippi State Department of Health State Epidemiologist Dr. Mary Currier. “From the water you drink, to the restaurants where you eat and the daycare center your child attends, the health department is part of everyone’s life.”
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UMMC joins effort to lower Mississippi’s infant mortality rate
Friday, March 27, 2009
JACKSON – One out of every 100 infants born each year in Mississippi dies before his or her first birthday.
Could the solution be as simple as providing primary care and social support to mothers? Sponsors of a new program launching this month plan to find out.
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The Interpregnancy Care Project of Mississippi is a combined effort between University of Mississippi Health Care (clinical programs at the University of Mississippi Medical Center), the Mississippi State Department of Health and the World Health Organization’s Collaborative Center for Reproductive Health. ICPM addresses one of the leading causes of infant mortality in the state: very low birth weight - less than 3.3 pounds.
In 2007, only a small percentage of women - between 2 to 4 percent - delivered very low birth weight babies in Mississippi. However, these births accounted for 51.2 percent of the infant deaths in the state.
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School of Nursing to host Nurse Executive Conference in May
Thursday, March 26, 2009
The School of Nursing at The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast will host the conference “Moving Forward: The Nurse Executive Role” May 15-16 at the Courtyard Marriott at 1600 East Beach Boulevard in Gulfport.
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Nugent honored by Mississippi Nursing Association
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
University of Southern Mississippi School of Nursing director Dr. Katherine Nugent is the recipient of the Mississippi Nursing Association’s 2009 Administrator of the Year Award, honoring her work as a registered nurse responsible for the administration of a School of Nursing.
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The award was made to Nugent at the association’s recent fifth annual Nightingale Awards Gala, held in Jackson.
“I am so honored to have received this award,” said Nugent, who also serves as associate dean for the College of Health. “This award represents the dedication and competence of the faculty and staff in the School of Nursing in Hattiesburg, Gulfport and Meridian, who commit each day to achieve excellence.”
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School of Nursing to host Nurse Executive Conference in May
Monday, March 23, 2009
The School of Nursing at The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast will host the conference “Moving Forward: The Nurse Executive Role” May 15-16 at the Courtyard Marriott at 1600 East Beach Boulevard in Gulfport.
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The keynote speaker for the conference is Dr. Kathy Viator. She will address the nurse executive role during the economic crisis. Five additional professionals will make presentations during the two-day conference.
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