 | |  Nursing - News August 22, 2014 A Charlotte missionary and a Samaritan's Purse-based doctor stricken with Ebola virus, and undergoing treatment in an isolation unit in Atlanta, have both tested clear of the virus and have been discharged from the hospital. On Thursday, Martha N. Hill, dean emerita of Johns Hopkins University and professor of nursing, medicine and public health expounded on this salience at Chautauqua Institution's latest lecture series - "Health Care: From Bench to Bedside." WA's nursing union has condemned a decision by the University of WA to axe a fast-track nursing degree, saying it will add to looming staff shortages. The jury is still out on the effectiveness of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus superbug control policies in hospitals, according to leading infectious disease experts in a Viewpoint published in The Lancet . Medical marijuana advocates are appealing conditions set by Arizona health officials for post-traumatic stress sufferers seeking to qualify for treatment. University Medical Center has eliminated more than 200 positions in a second round of layoffs at Las Vegas' only public hospital. NHS hospitals in England could face a combined deficit of more than A 750 million this year, new figures suggest. The federal government is finalizing new restrictions on hundreds of medicines containing hydrocodone, the highly addictive painkiller that has grown into the most widely prescribed drug in the U.S. The new rules mean that drugs like Vicodin, Lortab and other generic versions will be subject to the same prescribing rules as painkillers like codeine ... (more) About 75 per cent of people contracting Ebola are women because they are often the primary care-givers, nurses and traders, health officials have said. More Nursing News... |  | |
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