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Nursing Programs Earn Recommendation for Accreditation
Friday, April 10, 2009
ST. GEORGE, Utah - Dixie State College of Utah’s nursing program recently received a shot in the arm as the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) recommended that DSC’s Practical Nursing (PN) and Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) programs continue with full accreditation.
NLNAC made the determination during its site visit to the DSC campus in February. The site team, consisting of five nurse educator peer evaluators, recommended the continuing accreditation of both programs for eight years, the maximum possible. The site team’s recommendation will be evaluated by an NLNAC peer review committee and the Commission, with official notification of continuing accreditation status to occur in July.
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Health reform bills given favorable recommendation
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Utah health care may be in for some changes if five bills are passed by legislature, leaving Congress with a favorable recommendation.
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee heard five bills Wednesday regarding Utah health care, including three bills which make up the Health System Reform Taskforce, House Bills 165, 188 and 331.
HB 165 modifies the Health Code and the Insurance Code to provide standards for the exchange of medical information between health care providers, insurers and patients regarding payment for services, making the process faster.
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House approves Utah health reform bill
Friday, February 20, 2009
House lawmakers approved a bill Thursday they hope will allow more Utahns and their employers to afford health insurance.
More than 300,000 Utahns don’t have coverage, and Utah employers are dropping their health plans faster than the national average.
To start to fix the problem, HB188 creates plans called NetCare, which must be offered starting in January to small employers, individuals and employees who have lost their jobs. The plans can be free of some specific mandates, such as diabetes management, and have higher deductibles than the current average large group plan policy.
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Universty of Utah opens Dixie graduate facility
Thursday, January 29, 2009
The University of Utah is increasing its course offerings at Dixie State College and opening a new facility in light of further talks to combine the efforts of the two institutions.
“We’re very proud of the new graduate center and the possibilities it brings,” said Chuck Wight, associate vice president for academic affairs and undergraduate studies at the U. “We’re working with state-of-the-art distance education technology to bring a new level of professional development opportunities to St. George. This site will open new doors for southern Utah.”
University Plaza, as it is called, added four classrooms on the northeast corner of the Dixie campus. The additional courses that can now be offered are “part of an ongoing partnership exploration,” Wight said.
In addition to several degree programs already offered at Dixie State through U. Continuing Education, students can now earn master’s degrees in special education, pre-K-12 administration and educational psychology. The David Eccles School of Business is sponsoring an “MBA essentials” program, which includes a mini-MBA certificate, and the U. College of Nursing will be offering degrees for nurse practitioners and master’s degrees in nursing teaching, clinical nurse leadership and gerontology.
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U. nurses are preemies for a day (with multimedia)
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Karen Zanezzi lay on the ground as co-workers kneeled around her, talking loudly as they hurriedly taped a straw in her mouth, taped her arms down, checked her heartbeat and turned her over.
One word came to her mind: “Invasive.”
Now the registered nurse and her co-workers at the University of Utah’s neonatal intensive care unit know what their defenseless patients experience—and they pledged to do better.
The group was part of a “Preemie for a Day” training, sponsored by the March of Dimes, to help the U.’s NICU staff continue to improve care of their premature charges. The goal, essentially, is to make the NICU more womb-like to support the preemies’ development.
Medical care has advanced enough
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Utah Blacks Face Significant Health Disparities, Report Finds
Monday, January 19, 2009
Utah’s black residents have higher rates of smoking, uninsurance and infant mortality than other residents, according to a report by the state Department of Health’s Center for Multicultural Health released on Thursday, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Blacks represent 1.5% of Utah’s population, which is about 400,000 people.
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U. Hospital named ‘baby friendly’
Friday, January 09, 2009
They don’t give pacifiers to breast-fed newborns and they no longer accept freebie baby formula — two reasons why University of Utah Hospital has been named a “baby friendly hospital,” one of only 73 centers in the United States to earn the designation.
The certification was awarded by the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, a global program sponsored by the World Health Organization and UNICEF. The idea is to make breast-feeding easier by educating new mothers and by taking away obstacles, such as binkies and bottles, that can undermine lactation.
That doesn’t mean that mothers who give birth at University Hospital have to nurse their infants, says Dr. Karen Buchi, professor of pediatrics and medical director of the hospital’s well baby nursery. “We don’t require they even try,” and some mothers and infants may have medical conditions that make nursing impossible. But if they do want to try, “we’re prepared to help mom learn.” Breast-feeding, she notes, doesn’t come naturally to some infants.
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Hospital’s palliative care program evolving
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
When Virginia Martin was dying, her doctor sat with her for hours “as if he didn’t have another case in the world. They talked about everything, and he answered all her questions,” remembers daughter Cathleen Frome.
Her family took her home to die, and although she struggled to breathe because of pulmonary hypertension, she was not afraid. Frome credits that to the “extraordinary care” provided by the University Hospital palliative care team, which told her what she could expect and helped with comfort issues.
Palliative care is often confused with hospice care, which takes place at the end of life. Palliative care can certainly aid those who are terminally ill, but it also helps those who will recover. It is an add-on that can benefit those who are chronically debilitated by a disease like multiple sclerosis or those who are in acute crisis with septic shock, for example.
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Salt Lake City Is Best City For Women, Madison Is Best City For Men - USA
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
The editors of Men’s Health and Women’s Health magazines reveal the first-ever ranking of America’s Best & Worst Cities for Women and the eighth annual ranking of America’s Best & Worst Cities for Men. The lists appear in the January/February editions of both magazines, hitting newsstands on Tuesday, December 23. Topping the healthiest cities list for women is Salt Lake City, Utah while Madison, Wisconsin took the top spot for the men’s list.
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Hospitals to go smoke-free
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Intermountain Healthcare’s three Utah County hospitals soon will soon have tobacco-free campuses to address rising concerns over secondhand smoke. American Fork Hospital, Orem Community Hospital and Utah Valley Regional Medical Center will make the switch in conjunction with the Great
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