|  Nurses who say U.S. hospitals aren't ready for an Ebola outbreak are planning to stage a Las Vegas Strip protest to call for action. The demonstration is expected to follow a 10:30 a.m. skit inside a Planet Hollywood ballroom dramatizing what the spread of Ebola means for hospital workers. - Read More More than 20 of the area's top health care employers and four-year universities will attend Genesee Community College's seventh annual fall nursing job and transfer fair Thursday, Oct. 9, to explore career and educational opportunities. This event is designed to introduce potential new employees and/or transferring students to four-year nursing colleges or a future employer, and also provides health care businesses an opportunity to present their trade and services to the local community. - Read More The lives of more than 750 patients have been saved at two hospitals after nurses started using iPods instead of paper charts to record patients' vital signs. Research published in the British Medical Journal found that in one year the number of deaths at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth fell by 397 following the introduction of the new system. - Read More The B.C. health ministry is aiming to add up to 80 rural ambulance paramedic positions in small communities by combining their duties with local care facilities. Health Minister Terry Lake said the approach to maintain rural ambulance service has been tried for several years, but was hampered by restrictions in the paramedics' union contract. - Read More Death rates at two hospitals fell after nurses used handheld computers instead of paper charts to record patients' vital signs, according to research Death rates at two large hospitals fell by more than 15% after nurses started using handheld computers instead of paper charts to record patients' vital signs, according to new research. The drop in mortality represented more than 750 lives saved in a single year across the two sites, the paper in BMJ Quality & Safety found. - Read More There is a distinct possibility that could indeed be the case and, if so, the B.C. government may find itself in a tougher fight with the BC Nurses Union than it faced with the BC Teachers Federation. The BCNU's contract expired at the end of March, and negotiations for a new one have barely begun. - Read More Pendle nurse Polly Harris is just one of two from East Lancashire nurses who can now boast the prestigious title Queen's Nurse. The Queen's Nurse honour is awarded to indicate a commitment to high standards of patient care, learning and leadership. - Read More By the time Caitey Sosnowski finishes her extended job shadow experience at Hancock Regional Hospital , nurse Joni Grubbs hopes she'll have seen it all. "We have good stuff, and we have bad stuff; it's all part of it," said Grubbs, who is serving as a mentor this year for Greenfield- Central High School 's Mentor/Protege Program. - Read More Former Princeton City School District superintendent Gary Pack has been named president of the Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences. - Read More More Nursing News Popular News from the Topix Network This thing is like the Loch Ness Monster. Seriously. He is the champion, my friends. The couple that dresses together, IMPRESSES together. OMG. I am dying. Holy moly! | 
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