http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/nursing-home-care-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 25 May 2012 06:41:13 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/infants-with-very-low-birth-weight-have-better-chances-of-survival-in-hospitals-with-recognition-for-nursing-excellence-100571-1.htm A study published in the recent issue of JAMA has revealed that infants with very low birth rate born in hospitals with recognition for nursing excellence (RNE) have better chances of survival compared to those born in non-RNE hospitals.. "One in 4 very low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants (less than 1,500 grams [3.3 lbs.]) dies in the first year of life; nearly all deaths (87 percent) occur in the first month," according to background information in the article. "Infants born at VLBW require high levels of nursing intensity....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/infants-with-very-low-birth-weight-have-better-chances-of-survival-in-hospitals-with-recognition-for-nursing-excellence-100571-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/acute-nursing-shortage-looms-in-india-99502-1.htm A senior official confirmed that the health sector in India is facing a 50 percent shortage of nursing staff due to demand outstripping supply. "There is a 40-50 percent shortage of nursing personnel due to increasing demand for nurses, nursing and allied services in the healthcare sector across the country and globally," said V. Ravi, registrar of the state-run National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (Nimhans) at an international conference here on 'Nursing education (and) training in a global context'....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/acute-nursing-shortage-looms-in-india-99502-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/vitamin-d-deficiency-connected-to-higher-mortality-among-female-nursing-home-residents-98559-1.htm The majority of institutionalized elderly female patients are vitamin D deficient and there is an inverse association of vitamin D deficiency and mortality, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's IJournal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism/I (JCEM). Recommendations for dietary vitamin D intake in the elderly are higher than any other age group because vitamin D deficiency is extraordinarily prevalent in this population and is considered a causal risk factor for skeletal diseases....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/vitamin-d-deficiency-connected-to-higher-mortality-among-female-nursing-home-residents-98559-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/dental-nurse-craves-for-soaps-and-sponges-due-to-pica-98319-1.htm A 21-year old dental nurse in Britain is suffering from a rare disease that makes her crave for non-food items such as sponges and soaps. Kerry Trebilcock, of Mylor, Cornwall, suffers from a rare disorder known as pica, which makes the sufferer crave after non-nutritive food items such as clay or chalk. Trebilcock revealed that she has eaten more than 4,000 washing sponges and over a 100 bars of soap. She often tries to "spice" up the sponges with hot mustard or dips them into tea or hot chocolate ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/dental-nurse-craves-for-soaps-and-sponges-due-to-pica-98319-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Community-US-Seniors-Sanctuary-to-Evade-Nursing-Homes-95200-1.htm Resolute to evade a retirement center ending their days, elderly Washingtonians living in the shadow of Capitol Hill are co-operating in a village-like community to continue residing in their homes. "I wouldn't want to be in a nursing home. I love my independence too much and doing what I want," said Ramon Gonzalez, a dapper blue-eyed and white-haired 86-year-old, who has trouble walking due to persistent knee pain. But the idea of having to leave his home filled with art books and jazz ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Community-US-Seniors-Sanctuary-to-Evade-Nursing-Homes-95200-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Nursing-Shortage-may-Not-be-So-Acute-Anymore-Study-94389-1.htm A new study has revealed that the number of young people becoming registered nurses has grown sharply since 2002. This is a welcome trend that should ease some of the concern about a looming nursing shortage in the United States. The number of people aged 23 to 26 -- primarily women -- who became registered nurses increased by 62 percent from 2002 to 2009, approaching numbers not seen since the mid-1980s. Combined with the fact that registered nurses today tend to enter training at older ages ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Nursing-Shortage-may-Not-be-So-Acute-Anymore-Study-94389-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Nursing-Home-Quality-Scorecards-Dont-Tell-the-Whole-Score-93971-1.htm A new study says that the scoring system government agencies use to rate nursing home quality does not provide an adequate evaluation. This is because they do not take into account the degree of cognitive impairment of their patient populations and whether facilities include a specialized dementia unit. Focusing on statistics from Minnesota, researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute report on the inadequacy of quality of care indicators for nursing ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Nursing-Home-Quality-Scorecards-Dont-Tell-the-Whole-Score-93971-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Smaller-Nursing-Homes-Set-To-Boycott-Cashless-Services-93131-1.htm Even as most big hospital groups seem to have sorted out their differences with public sector health insurance players to resume cashless mediclaim policies for patients, it is thousands of smaller nursing homes which are now threatening to stall the seamless resumption of cashless services. Differences over the ceiling prices for procedures offered by the insurance players have led thousands of nursing homes to boycott resumption of cashless policies to their patients. The boycott movement started ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Smaller-Nursing-Homes-Set-To-Boycott-Cashless-Services-93131-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Former-Nurse-was-Unable-to-Survive-Even-a-Year-After-Gastric-Bypass-Surgery-92618-1.htm Inability to absorb food, following a gastric bypass surgery last year, led to the death of a former nurse, an inquest at Brighton County Court was told. 67-year-old Virginia Humphrey had undergone this procedure on August 31SUPst/SUP last year in a bid to get back to shape as she was morbidly obese. She also suffered from other medical conditions like asthma, diabetes and high blood pressure. Post surgery last year, she had recovered well and the progress was in line with expectations. She ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Former-Nurse-was-Unable-to-Survive-Even-a-Year-After-Gastric-Bypass-Surgery-92618-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Blacks-Get-a-Raw-Deal-With-Nursing-Home-Flu-Shots-91656-1.htm At the beginning of the 2011-12 flu season, a new study finds that the proportion of nursing home patients who get a shot remains lower than a national public health goal and that the rate is lower for blacks than for whites. The disparity persists even within individual nursing homes, said researchers at Brown University, who investigated the disparity and some of the reasons behind it. "One reason you would potentially see a difference is that blacks and whites are by and large served by different ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Blacks-Get-a-Raw-Deal-With-Nursing-Home-Flu-Shots-91656-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Nursing-Academics-Object-to-BBC-Labeling-Florence-Nightingale-as-Neurotic-Sexually-Repressed-91336-1.htm A group of nursing academics has accused the BBC of belittling Florence Nightingale by depicting the Lady of the Lamp as a "manipulative, neurotic and sexually repressed woman". They have claimed that the corporation has made at least two films containing 'unsubstantiated and fictional portrayals" of the founder of modern nursing, reports the Telegraph. The academics from University College London and the University of Manchester have written to Lord Patten, chairman of the BBC trust, to ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Nursing-Academics-Object-to-BBC-Labeling-Florence-Nightingale-as-Neurotic-Sexually-Repressed-91336-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Flu-Outbreak-Effect-Reduced-By-Vaccinating-Nursing-Home-Workers-90526-1.htm Higher flu vaccination rates for health care personnel can dramatically reduce the threat of flu outbreak among nursing home residents, according to a study published in the October issue of IInfection Control and Hospital Epidemiology,/I the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. The study, which focused on nursing homes in New Mexico, found that when a facility had between 51 and 75 percent of its health care personnel with direct patient care vaccinated, the chances ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Flu-Outbreak-Effect-Reduced-By-Vaccinating-Nursing-Home-Workers-90526-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Nursing-Mothers-in-US-Get-More-Health-Care-Benefits-88968-1.htm There is good news for pregnant and nursing mothers in times of crisis: a little help from the US government is making it easier for them to receive maternity benefits, lactation support and to rent hospital grade breastpumps. This is being done through the expansion of Affordable Care Act, effective from the beginning of this month. The new guidelines adopted by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), require new health insurance plans to cover women's preventative services. Well ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Nursing-Mothers-in-US-Get-More-Health-Care-Benefits-88968-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/More-on-California-Nurse-Staffing-87865-1.htm Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing have found that controversial legislation setting nurse-to-patient ratios added more registered nurses to the hospital staffing mix, not fewer as feared. This findings was gleaned in a comprehensive analysis comparing nurse staffing in California hospitals to similar hospitals in the U.S. over nearly a decade. California was the first state to pass legislation setting staffing levels. However, mindful of the ongoing nurse shortage ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/More-on-California-Nurse-Staffing-87865-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/In-the-Days-Following-Dose-Increase-Nursing-Home-Residents-are-at-Heightened-Risk-of-Falling-87863-1.htm A new study has found that nursing home residents taking certain antidepressant medications are at an increased risk of falling in the days following the start of a new prescription or a dose increase of their current drug. This research has been conducted by the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School.Published online in the IJournal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, /Ithe study found that nursing home residents have a fivefold increased ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/In-the-Days-Following-Dose-Increase-Nursing-Home-Residents-are-at-Heightened-Risk-of-Falling-87863-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Nursing-Homes-With-More-Black-Patients-Have-Higher-Prevalence-of-Pressure-Ulcers-87791-1.htm Among nursing home residents at high risk for pressure ulcers, black residents had higher prevalence rates than white residents from 2003 through 2008, with the disparity largely related to the higher rates among nursing homes that disproportionately serve black residents, according to a study in the July 13 issue of iJAMA/i. "Pressure ulcers are a common health problem among nursing home residents and substantially increase morbidity, mortality, and the cost of care," the authors write....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Nursing-Homes-With-More-Black-Patients-Have-Higher-Prevalence-of-Pressure-Ulcers-87791-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Elders-Among-Minorities-Denied-Better-Healthcare-Throng-US-Nursing-Homes-87476-1.htm Denied better healthcare, more and more elderly blacks, Hispanics, and Asians are turning to nursing homes in US, according to a new study. While greater access to nursing home care for the minorities could be welcome in itself, the flip side is they are perhaps unable to enjoy more desirable forms of care as wealthier whites do, says the study's lead author Zhanlian Feng, assistant professor of community health in the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. The study was published on July 7 in the journal Health Affairs....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Elders-Among-Minorities-Denied-Better-Healthcare-Throng-US-Nursing-Homes-87476-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Improvement-Required-in-Home-Care-of-Elderly-86694-1.htm A recent survey of home care for elderly in England has revealed that clients are not provided adequate assistance required for eating or drinking and are often left unattended in bed for long hours. According to the report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission has underlined the poor quality of home care provided to the elderly. Some of them were found to be lying in soiled clothes. Often the clothes were not washed well. Home care visits by carers were often hurried and clients had to make a choice between a meal or a wash....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Improvement-Required-in-Home-Care-of-Elderly-86694-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Infection-Control-Violations-at-15-Percent-of-US-Nursing-Homes-Found-84573-1.htm A new study published in the May issue of the IAmerican Journal of Infection Control/I, the official publication of APIC - the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology says that fifteen percent of U.S. nursing homes receive deficiency citations for infection control per year. Conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health, the study analyzed deficiency citation data collected for the purpose of Medicare/Medicaid ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Infection-Control-Violations-at-15-Percent-of-US-Nursing-Homes-Found-84573-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/For-Nursing-Home-Residents-Other-Mental-Health-Medications-No-Safer-Than-Atypical-Antipsychotics-82924-1.htm An article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) says that conventional antipsychotics, antidepressants and benzodiazepines often administered to nursing home residents are no safer than atypical antipsychotics and may carry increased risks. Psychotropic medications are often used to manage behavioral symptoms in seniors, particularly people with dementing illnesses, with up to two-thirds of dementia patients in nursing homes prescribed these medications. However, the effectiveness ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/For-Nursing-Home-Residents-Other-Mental-Health-Medications-No-Safer-Than-Atypical-Antipsychotics-82924-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Due-to-Nursing-Staff-Shortfalls-Risk-of-Hospital-Patient-Mortality-Increases-82428-1.htm Nurses are the front-line caregivers to hospital patients, coordinating and providing direct care and delivering it safely and reliably. The goal for any hospital is to ensure that each of its patient-care units has an adequate number of nurses during every shift. Ideally, the proper number of hours nurses work - known as the "target level" - should be adjusted each shift, depending on the ebb and flow of patients and their need for care. Too many nurses can be costly for hospitals; too few can put patients' health in danger....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Due-to-Nursing-Staff-Shortfalls-Risk-of-Hospital-Patient-Mortality-Increases-82428-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Government-Involvement-Not-Substantial-in-the-Chinese-Nursing-Home-Boon-82328-1.htm Recent research by Brown University gerontologists has shown that the Chinese boom in the nursing home industry is caused by the country's alarming change in lifestyle - a rapid increase in the proportion of its elderly population and a nationwide shift from traditional family care to institutional care. The study, led by Zhanlian Feng, assistant professor of community health, and published online in the iJournal of the American Geriatrics Society/i, is the first systematic documentation ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Government-Involvement-Not-Substantial-in-the-Chinese-Nursing-Home-Boon-82328-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Use-of-Antipsychotics-Antidepressants-on-the-Rise-in-Sydney-Nursing-Homes-81819-1.htm Regular use of antipsychotic and antidepressant medication has increased among residents of Sydney nursing homes since 2003, an expert says. In a letter published in the latest iMedical Journal of Australia/i, Clinical Professor John Snowdon and co-authors also reported that regular use of anxiolytic and hypnotic medication has decreased since the 1990s. They compared their 2009 study into psychotropic medication use in Sydney nursing homes with similar studies conducted in 1993, 1998 and 2003....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Use-of-Antipsychotics-Antidepressants-on-the-Rise-in-Sydney-Nursing-Homes-81819-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Nursing-Standard-Survey-Shows-Reduction-in-the-Number-of-Midwifery-Training-Places-80692-1.htm Even though there is a great need for more numbers of midwives to provide good service, a recent survey has outlined the significant drop in the number of midwifery training places in England. Nearly six out of ten health authorities are not supporting midwives training for 2011-12 Cathy Warwick, general secretary of the Royal College of Midwives, said: "We believe that 4,700 more midwives are needed in England to provide a safe and high-quality service. We have a situation where the numbers of ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Nursing-Standard-Survey-Shows-Reduction-in-the-Number-of-Midwifery-Training-Places-80692-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Urban-Poor-Affected-Most-by-Nursing-Home-Closures-79343-1.htm While wealthier people have chosen alternatives to urban nursing homes, the urban poor still depend on them for long-term care. A new study led by researchers at Brown University finds that option is nevertheless slipping away. Between 1999 and 2008, nursing home closures in the United States were concentrated disproportionately in poor, urban and predominantly minority neighborhoods. Overall, the United States lost 5 percent, or 96,902, of its total nursing home beds during the decade, as patients ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Urban-Poor-Affected-Most-by-Nursing-Home-Closures-79343-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Beware-of-This-Fake-Nursing-Institute-in-Manipur-78467-1.htm A nursing academy in Manipur's Porampat town has turned out to be a fake institute which has reportedly cheated many students. The matter came to light when the authorities of the S. Kumar Nursing Institute failed to issue original admission cards to its students, with examinations just a few days away. Activists of the Democratic Students' Alliance Manipur (DESAM) threatened a complete shutdown of the academy if the officials failed to rectify the irregularity. Students ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Beware-of-This-Fake-Nursing-Institute-in-Manipur-78467-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Misdiagnosis-By-Nurse-Leads-To-Death-Of-Woman-76999-1.htm A 26-yer-old woman died of deep vein thrombosis two days after misdiagnosis by a nurse, who mixed up leg pain with calf pain, an inquest in England was told. Nurse Claire Firkin, at Nottingham walk-in clinic run by the NHS, selected the wrong set of questions on her computer and was led to the wrong conclusion. Marketing executive Rebecca Cain had identified the condition herself after ten minutes' research into her symptoms on the internet. But the nurse, instead of ordering an immediate blood ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Misdiagnosis-By-Nurse-Leads-To-Death-Of-Woman-76999-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Spinal-Clinic-Achieves-Effective-Results-and-Reduced-Waiting-Time-With-Nurse-Practitioners--76921-1.htm Specially trained nurse practitioners have carried out satisfactory assessments of ninety-six percent of patients with back problems, according to a study. The study has been published in the December issue of the IJournal of Advanced Nursing/I. Seventy-four per cent were happy to see her rather than wait up to a year to see a surgeon, with less than a quarter of those who preferred to see a surgeon saying that the extra wait was acceptable. The pilot study at Toronto Western Hospital ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Spinal-Clinic-Achieves-Effective-Results-and-Reduced-Waiting-Time-With-Nurse-Practitioners--76921-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Revised-Clinical-Practice-Guideline-Recommending-Alternative-to-IV-Use-Endorsed-by-Consortium-of-Nursing-Societies-76868-1.htm A consensus paper that recommends intraosseous (IO) vascular access in a variety of healthcare settings has been endorsed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) after recognizing that IV use is not always optimal to provide patients with fluids and medications. AACN participated in the Consortium on Intraosseous Vascular Access in Healthcare Practice -a group convened in October 2009 by the Infusion Nurses Society, Norwood, Mass. Other members of the consortium include ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Revised-Clinical-Practice-Guideline-Recommending-Alternative-to-IV-Use-Endorsed-by-Consortium-of-Nursing-Societies-76868-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Robot-Nurse-Takes-the-Place-of-a-Human-Nurse-to-Help-Patients-in-Personal-Hygiene-76741-1.htm A robot has been designed by scientists which is capable of helping patients maintain personal hygiene. Researchers at the Georgia Tech's Healthcare Robotics Lab have developed the robo-nurse, named Cody, reports Live Science. Cody has demonstrated its ability to clean a human patient's arms and legs. It has limbs with reduced stiffness in case of accidental bumping, and is designed to exert a very low amount of pressure while sponging down a patient. There's also a stop button ready for humans to press just in case....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Robot-Nurse-Takes-the-Place-of-a-Human-Nurse-to-Help-Patients-in-Personal-Hygiene-76741-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Good-Report-Cards-can-Help-Nursing-Homes-Reap-Financial-Gain-76088-1.htm Media reports indicate that nursing homes that improve their quality of care - and thereby score high on public report cards - might see financial gains. If the facilities receive a high or middle quality ranking by the report cards after making improvements, they can experience higher revenues and profit margins, a new study concludes. Yet, improvements in quality are not always enough to boost a facility''s fortunes, the researchers found. Nursing homes that increased their score on the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Good-Report-Cards-can-Help-Nursing-Homes-Reap-Financial-Gain-76088-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Man-Brain-Damaged-Due-to-Nurse-Error-75829-1.htm 37-year-old Jamie Merrett was left brain-damaged after a nurse mistakenly turned off his life support system. Tetraplegic Merrett had installed a camera in his bedroom as he was worried about the care he was receiving and alerted Wiltshire NHS about the same. The camera captured the incident where the nurse, Violetta Aylward, from Reading turned off his life support system accidentally. Ms Aylward tried to resuscitate him in vain, but it was almost 21 minutes before the machine was turned on by paramedics....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Man-Brain-Damaged-Due-to-Nurse-Error-75829-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Sneha-Deepam-Home-Care-or-Domiciliary-Care-Service-in-India-72217-1.htm Home care or domiciliary care is supportive care provided to patients in the comfort of their own home. More elderly people and patients all over the world have begun to prefer remaining at home rather than use residential, or institutional-based nursing care which they feel can alienate them from home or get expensive sometimes. Depending on the service providers, Nurse Aides or caregivers offer BIprofessional health care services/I/B such as wound care and physical therapy or BIlife ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Sneha-Deepam-Home-Care-or-Domiciliary-Care-Service-in-India-72217-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Nursing-Mothers-Not-Getting-Adequate-Advice-On-Medication-72127-1.htm Nursing mothers in Australia are not getting adequate advice on medication, new research shows. DIVWomen stop breastfeeding on their own, fearing that medication they are taking could harm the baby, Dr Lisa Amir of Mother (and) Child Health Research, La Trobe University, has found./DIV DIV/DIV DIVIn a recently published paper, Dr Amir says that the problem is with health professionals. "Although some health professionals follow expert advice in providing information about drug safety for breastfeeding women, many do not....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Nursing-Mothers-Not-Getting-Adequate-Advice-On-Medication-72127-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/For-Some-Patients-With-Cystic-Fibrosis-Home-Care-Equivalent-to-Hospital-Care-71138-1.htm Researchers from Johns Hopkins University say that patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) recover from exacerbations equally well if they are treated at home or in a hospital. Furthermore, longer treatment with antibiotics does not appear to offer any additional benefit over shorter courses. The study was published online ahead of the print edition of the American Thoracic Society's IAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine/I. "We undertook this research owing to the lack ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/For-Some-Patients-With-Cystic-Fibrosis-Home-Care-Equivalent-to-Hospital-Care-71138-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Lives-of-Nursing-Home-Residents-Enriched-by-Videoconferencing-With-Family-Members-69947-1.htm A study in the June issue of the IJournal of Clinical Nursing/I says that nursing home residents who used videoconferencing to keep in touch with family members felt it enriched their lives. Thirty-four residents from ten nursing homes took part in the study. The 18 women and 16 men had an average age of 75. All of them said the experience enriched their lives, just under two-thirds said it was the second-best option to family visiting and a third said it gave them a true picture of family life....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Lives-of-Nursing-Home-Residents-Enriched-by-Videoconferencing-With-Family-Members-69947-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Shortage-of-Doctors-Forcing-Nursing-Home-Residents-into-Hospital-69511-1.htm A national shortage of aged care doctors has left more than half of nursing homes with no choice but to send residents to hospital emergency departments, Catholic Health Australia (CHA) found in a national survey released today. The CHA iSurvey of Access to General Practice (GP) Services in Residential Aged Care/i found 57 per cent of aged care home respondents had on occasion transferred residents to emergency departments (EDs) because of a doctor shortage. Eighteen per cent ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Shortage-of-Doctors-Forcing-Nursing-Home-Residents-into-Hospital-69511-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Doctors-And-Nurses-Welcome-Says-Australia-69022-1.htm The Australian government has said it intends to continue to encourage immigration of doctors, nurses and engineers even while cracking down on those seeking permanent residency through low-value education courses. Releasing the new Skilled Occupation List (SOL), the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, hoped the list, developed by the independent body Skills Australia, would ensure Australia's skilled migration program is demand-driven rather than supply-driven. The list contains 181 highly valued occupations....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Doctors-And-Nurses-Welcome-Says-Australia-69022-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Dangerous-To-Interrupt-Nurses-Administering-Medication-68914-1.htm Interrupting nurses when they are administering medication could prove dangerous - it could lead to medication errors, according to a report in the April 26 issue of IArchives of Internal Medicine/I, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Laboratory studies have demonstrated that interruptions during a task contribute to inefficiency and errors, the authors write as background information in the article. Experimental studies suggest that interruptions produce negative impacts on memory by requiring ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Dangerous-To-Interrupt-Nurses-Administering-Medication-68914-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Subsidy-To-GPs-To-Hire-Nurses-Could-Hamper-Public-Hospitals-68802-1.htm The Australian government is moving for a steep increase in the subsidy payments to general practitioners to encourage them to hire nurses, but hospitals and aged-care facilities could be hit in the process. There are currently nearly 9000 practice nurses nationally but the new measure could add several thousand more to that tally. EVERY doctor's practice in the country will get its own nurse to help treat patients, make home visits, write prescriptions and co-ordinate follow-up care. General practice ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Subsidy-To-GPs-To-Hire-Nurses-Could-Hamper-Public-Hospitals-68802-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Nurses-Face-High-Cancer-Risk-Due-to-Their-Uniforms-68672-1.htm Nurses in several hospitals across Wales and Scotland have reported skin rashes due to allergic reaction to the fabric of their uniforms, which contain potentially carcinogenic formaldehyde. A leading toxin expert from Government's Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances until recently, Gwynne Lyons, said that the allergic reaction was caused due to formaldehyde resin, used to make the tunics crease-resistant. "But there is also a bigger picture, in that many ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Nurses-Face-High-Cancer-Risk-Due-to-Their-Uniforms-68672-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Welsh-Nurses-Complain-Of-Irritation-From-New-Uniform-67942-1.htm Some Welsh nurses are complaining of skin irritation from their new uniform. Authorities are investigating. Those affected have been told to wear their old uniforms while tests on the fabric and dye are carried out. Nurses in Hywel Dda and Betsi Cadwaladr University health boards were the first in Wales to wear the new tunic-style colour-coded uniforms two weeks ago. But within hours of putting the new uniforms on, some nurses started to develop an itch and a rash. One nurse affected by the problem ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Welsh-Nurses-Complain-Of-Irritation-From-New-Uniform-67942-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/NHS-Adverse-to-Religious-Expression-UK-Nurse-Disallowed-From-Wearing-Crucifix-67470-1.htm After health bosses found the crucifix on her neck a 'safety issue', a nurse hailing from Kenn near Exeter has been asked not to wear the religious symbol while on the job. They said a patient could grab the crucifix. According to Daily Star, Shirley Chaplin has worn the symbol for 31 years, and now she is being ordered to hide it by Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust. The 54-year-old nurse was moved to a desk job, when she refused to pin the crucifix inside her uniform. Chaplin ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/NHS-Adverse-to-Religious-Expression-UK-Nurse-Disallowed-From-Wearing-Crucifix-67470-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Outrage-as-Cancer-Nurse-Reportedly-Bedded-Husbands-of-Patients-66324-1.htm Macmillan nurse Sara Dale apparently cared for three cancer victims and then bedded their husbands after the patients died. The incident, reported by The Sun, has caused widespread outrage in the country and has brought ethics under the scanner. Ms Dale met the three bereaved husbands as part of her job at the Queen Elizabeth NHS Hospital in King's Lynn, Norfolk. "Sara was a very popular member of the team at the hospital. When the allegations surfaced people were genuinely shocked," The Sun quoted an NHS source as saying....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Outrage-as-Cancer-Nurse-Reportedly-Bedded-Husbands-of-Patients-66324-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/India-to-Set-Up-137-New-Nursing-Institutes-65918-1.htm The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday approved establishment of 137 General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) Schools under the Scheme of Upgradation / Strengthening of Nursing Services. The new colleges would be established in the high focus states like Bihar, Chattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, North Eastern States, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. The schools will be opened in these states at a total cost of Rs....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/India-to-Set-Up-137-New-Nursing-Institutes-65918-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Nursing-a-Broken-Heart-This-Valentines-Scientists-Recognize-A-Medical-Need-65040-1.htm The broken heart you're nursing this Valentine's Day is actually a recognized medical condition, quite aptly title the 'Broken Heart Syndrome'. The Wall Street Journal says the syndrome arises when physical or emotional stress causes "concussion" of the heart, reports New Scientist. However, the good news is: the condition is reversible. If you're broken-hearted, normal function will resume within a few weeks. According to the Journal, the condition is "typically triggered by acute ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Nursing-a-Broken-Heart-This-Valentines-Scientists-Recognize-A-Medical-Need-65040-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Lawsuit-In-California-Against-Permitting-Nurses-To-Administer-Anesthesia-64730-1.htm Californian doctors are up in arms against a new move by the state government to allow nurses to administer anesthesia without the supervision of a physician. "It's a patient safety issue when you have absolutely no supervision from a physician; it's very risky," says Francisco Silva, general counsel for the California Medical Association. It has filed a suit against the regulation along with the California Society of Anesthesiologists. It is not as if there is any severe shortage of anesthesiologists, they argue....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Lawsuit-In-California-Against-Permitting-Nurses-To-Administer-Anesthesia-64730-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Nurses-Find-Workplace-Violence-Part-of-Their-Job-Finds-Study-64660-1.htm A study has shown that many nurses consider violence to be a part of the job. The study showed that three-quarters of nurses who provide private and public care have experienced workplace violence, with 92 percent saying they have been verbally abused, 69 percent saying they have been physically threatened and 52 saying they had been physically assaulted. A total of 2,354 incidents were reported to the research team, with nurses facing an average of two to 46 incidents a year....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Nurses-Find-Workplace-Violence-Part-of-Their-Job-Finds-Study-64660-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Vitamin-D-Supplements-Prevent-Falls-in-Patients-Living-at-Nursing-Care-Facilities-63956-1.htm Giving people living in nursing facilities vitamin D can reduce the rate of falls, according to a new Cochrane Review. This finding comes from a study of many different interventions used in different situations. In hospitals, multifactorial interventions and supervised exercise programs also showed benefit. Older people living in nursing facilities or who have been admitted to hospital are much more likely to suffer a fall than those living in the community. In these settings, falls fairly ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Vitamin-D-Supplements-Prevent-Falls-in-Patients-Living-at-Nursing-Care-Facilities-63956-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Nursing-Students-More-Likely-to-Cause-smoky-Wards-63667-1.htm An Italian study has revealed that nursing students already smoke twice as much as the general population average of smokers. The study surveyed 812 students who were just starting their University course. They found that 44 percent of them were still smoking - twice as many as in the general population - and a further 12 percent were former smokers. Three-quarters of the smoking students had at least one parent who smoked and almost half had at least one brother or sister who smoked....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Nursing-Students-More-Likely-to-Cause-smoky-Wards-63667-1.htm