|  A national ballot saw 68 per cent of Unison members vote to strike, while 10 other unions are yet to announce their ballot results. The dispute centres around wages, with union officials saying that 60 per cent of NHS staff and 70 per cent of nurses will not get a pay rise for the next two years, which has created a demoralised workforce. - Read More A MENTAL health nurse working in Birchwood has been struck off the nursing register after being caught drinking alcohol on duty, which had been swiped from a dementia resident's room. Clare Peters was called before the Nursing and Midwifery Council following incidents over Christmas 2012 at Abbey Court Hospital, which cares for 20 adults with dementia. - Read More MARIE Curie is calling for additional volunteers to help expand a service providing emotional and practical support to dying patients and their families at Taunton 's Musgrove Park Hospital . More than 20 patients have been supported by the initiative since it was piloted in three wards in mid-July, with 13 trained volunteers now operating across ten wards. - Read More Nurses at Crozer-Chester Medical Center were out on the pickets lines Monday for the second day of a planned two-day walkout to protest their lack of a new contract with the Delaware County hospital. The 565 Crozer-Chester registered nurses, represented by the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, have spent more than three months working under the terms of their previous contract, which expired June 8. Earlier this month, the nurses voted to hold a two-day strike - beginning Sept. - Read More A WINCHESTER woman who has the heart disease cardiomyopathy is starting a new support group for people affected by the disease. Anne Slaughter, a retired nurse from Harestock, is holding the first meeting of the Heart to Heart Support Group on Wednesday, October 15, from 6.45pm at Badger Farm Community Centre. - Read More The health outcomes and quality of care for underweight black infants could greatly improve with more nurses on staff at hospitals with higher concentrations of black patients, according to a new study co-led by a Rutgers researcher. The study, published in the journal Health Services Research , found greater nurse understaffing and worse practice environments at disproportionately black hospitals contributed to adverse outcomes for very low birth weight infants, or those weighing less than 3.2 pounds at birth, born prematurely in those facilities. - Read More Beebe congratulates all the nominees and winners from the Delaware Excellence in Nursing Practice awards. Shown are Beebe's statewide winners Jennifer Hargreaves, BS, RN; Theresa Houston, RN, MSN, CCRN; Lynn Toth, RN, MSN, NP-C; Joyce Stambaugh, BSN, RN, CCRN, RCIS; and DeVona Fields, MSN, RN. - Read More More Nursing News Popular News from the Topix Network This thing is like the Loch Ness Monster. Seriously. The couple that dresses together, IMPRESSES together. These kids look great. And they know it. I just wanted a cool treat. Instead I got nightmares. These guys are killing it. |
Topix has Job listings for your town!
Find us on Facebook 
Follow us on Twitter
No comments:
Post a Comment