Nursing - News March 24, 2014

New curriculum, videos on parish nursing available - The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

If your congregation has ever wanted to begin a parish-nurse ministry, a number of new resources from LCMS Health Ministry are now available to help you.

CEO Blog: Community Paramedics Improve Care By Reaching Patients Where They Are - Island Gazette Newspaper Online

In recent posts, we have used this space to discuss how the delivery of health care is changing at its most fundamental level.

Biden to raise money for 3 Dems in New Hampshire - Sunherald

Vice President Joe Biden thanks the National Association of Community Health Centers for their work in helping people sign up for health care under the Affordable Care Act, during their meeting in Washington, Friday, March 21, 2014.

Mass. hospitals, nurses spar over ballot question - Washington Times

Massachusetts hospitals are facing off against the state's top nurses' union over a ballot question that would set nurse-patient ratios.

Nurses effective at treating common arm injury in kids, but docs do it better - PhysOrg Weblog

A clinical trial to determine if nurses in the emergency department could reduce "pulled elbows" in children at a rate similar to that of physicians found that althiough nurses were able to treat this common injury 85% of the time, physicians were more effective, with a 97% success rate.

NHS Staff Who Refuse Flu Jab 'Irresponsible' - Sky News

Just one in five staff at NHS hospitals in England have received a flu jab despite warnings they are putting patients at risk.

Hospital mergers raise price concerns - Greenwich Citizen

Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden, said he wants the review process for hospital mergers and conversions to be improved in Connecticut.

Death hospital's catalogue of errors - BBC News

A hospital where a girl bled to death has revealed a catalogue of errors, weeks after withholding details for fear of "putting staff under more stress".

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