Registered Nurses are required to obtain Continuing Education Units (CEUs) in order to renew their licenses. Many nurses are going beyond the bare minimum and seeking certification in various specialties, enabling to put more letters after that “RN.” The process of receiving certification varies across specialties, but generally about two years of clinical experience in […]
An article in the Sacramento Bee examines the role that nurses have in the political sphere in California, especially in terms of their ability to use strikes effectively. There have been a series of strikes or threatened strikes recently, such as this one on January 31st, 2012. Rose Ann DeMoro is always ready for another […]
Nurses in Montgomery, Alabama rallied in support of a bill that increase the number of teaching scholarships available. Over 3500 nursing students were turned away because there was not room for them in class in the past year. The nurses at the rally said that one of the biggest problems Alabamians face is lack of […]
The Texas Health Care Association said that Texas’s skilled nursing facility sector will continue to be a significant source of new jobs throughout the state in an article in the Bradenton Herald. They cited a new report from the U.S. Department of Labor which projects that the health care and social assistance sector will gain […]
As patients move from the hospital to home hospice, the staff nurse suddenly is faced with more than simply one patient. Immediate and extended family members are suddenly in great need of reassurance, teaching and sometimes, mediation. With the goal of helping the patient transition as smoothly as possible with all the necessary support in […]
An article in the Las Cruces Sun-News notes that a report released recently by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that now through 2020 should be a good time for people in the health care field. In the list of jobs that should show growth during that period, registered nurses placed at the very top. […]
A new study that is part of the RN Work Project has shown that state-mandated caps on mandatory nursing overtime has a positive effect on patient safety. The laws effectively reduce overtime hours, which have been shown to reduce fatigue and the problems that come along with it, such as increased mistakes. Nurses routinely work […]
A major strike took place in California yesterday, one of the largest in the history of Kaiser hospitals in the state. A total of about 22,000 people including about 4,000 mental and optical health care workers at Kaiser hospitals, plus thousands of registered Kaiser nurses in the California Nurses Union, staged a 24-hour walkout, according […]
Editor’s Letter Hello everyone, Much like the warmer winter temperatures throughout much of the country, the 2012 presidential election is really starting to heat up. No matter where you stand on the issues or whom you are rooting for, you have to agree it’s going to be an exciting year ahead. We thought you’d find […]
Although the number of medical errors probably aren’t actually increasing, the number of reported errors has risen. In the past, clinicians, including nurses, could face an immediate suspension or firing for a medical error. After a 1999 study in which the Institute of Medicine reported that approximately 100,000 people per year died due to complications […]
