|  Medical workers wearing protective equipment surround a simulated patient during a demonstration for media members on their training for working with possible Ebola patients, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014, at Madigan Army Medical Center on Joint Base Lewis McChord, near Tacoma, Wash. Madigan providers and nurses have been training to perform clinical skills, including inserting IVs, obtaining blood samples for testing and conducting ultrasounds while dressed in powered air purifying respirators, impermeable suits and multiple layers of gloves. - Read More HealthAlliance Hospital officials said they are doing all they can to mitigate the effects of recent nursing layoffs, but have fallen short of halting the layoffs per nursing demands. - Read More Amber Vinson says she followed all the rules when caring for an Ebola patient. So how did the Texas nurse contract the deadly virus? "I have no idea," she told CNN. - Read More The Doctor in Nursing Practice would replace a master's degree in nursing currently offered through UAA's College of Health, the university said. Health workforce demand studies undertaken in 2006 and 2011 pointed to the need for more nurses with the advanced training a doctorate in nursing practice offers, officials said. - Read More WASHINGTON - Wait times for veterans care at VA hospitals and clinics have been reduced by 18 percent since May, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald said Thursday. Average wait times for new primary care patients decreased from 51 days in May to 42 days as of Oct. 1, said McDonald, who took office in July. - Read More The latest staffing figures published by Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust show the 'average fill rates' for shifts on its Blackburn and Burnley wards were as low as 44 per cent during September, against a target of 80 per cent. The gaps were filled by less qualified support staff. - Read More The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General recommended the changes to the hospital's education and training policies. The inspector general conducted an inspection of the hospital after it received allegations that the patient's death in 2013 resulted from improper nursing care. - Read More More Nursing News Popular News from the Topix Network You won't believe your eyes. Whoa. Some of these really surprised me. You CAN travel through time. Kind of. You won't believe how long some of these guys did inside. You won't believe it - some of these stars are unrecognizable. | 
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