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Independence Blue Cross’s Nurse Coaches Are Just a Phone Call Away

(Wall Street Journal) Independence Blue Cross (IBC) is introducing a new program that will provide fully insured members the benefit of working with one health coach -- a nurse -- who will be the single point of contact for guidance managing challenging health conditions, … [Read More...]

Feds charge 89 people, including doctors, nurses, with Medicare fraud

(NBC) In a major crackdown on healthcare fraud across the country, 89 people, including 14 doctors and nurses, were charged for their roles in various Medicare scams that bilked taxpayers of some $223 million through bogus charges, federal officials said Tuesday. … [Read More...]

Pa. Senate approves health care clinic grants

(abc27) A bill to increase the development and expansion of community-based health care clinics has unanimously passed the Pennsylvania Senate. The legislation, Senate Bill 5, now goes to Governor Tom Corbett, who included a $4 million appropriation for the program in his … [Read More...]

Researcher searches for global views of nurses’ end-of-life care for patients

(Medical Express) The April issue of the International Nursing Review reported the findings about the end-of-life preferences of 1,089 nurses in the first multinational and cross-cultural view of nurses' end-of-life care choices. Two factors influenced the care of people … [Read More...]

Eight Types of Nurses You Never Knew Existed

(PBS) There are 3.2 million registered nurses in the U.S., and that will not be nearly enough in coming years as the Affordable Care Act kicks in and baby boomers begin to need more care. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the registered nursing workforce is … [Read More...]

Some US Nurses Struggle to Find Work

(VOA News) U.S. nurses are caught between a sour economy, a demographic bump and a flood of unemployed new graduates. After years of worry about a shortage of nurses, about one-third of new nursing graduates in the United States have been struggling to find work. Experts say … [Read More...]

Happy Nurses Week

(HuffingtonPost) It's January 2004, I'm standing in a hallway at 8 p.m. outside of my six-week-old son's hospital room in the Pediatric ICU (PICU) while doctors and nurses try to find a vein for blood tests. It's been a brutal afternoon so far. I've been at the hospital … [Read More...]

Nurse staffing ratios affect hospital readmissions for children with common conditions

(Eureka Alert) A new study shows that pediatric nurse staffing ratios are significantly associated with hospital readmission for children with common medical and surgical conditions. The study, led by a nurse scientist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, is … [Read More...]

Survey: School Nurse Shortage Having A Big Impact On Philadelphia Schools

(KYW) A new survey says that having fewer school nurses is hurting the health and education of Philadelphia school children. The Education Law Center surveyed parents and school nurses on the effects of budget cuts that have left 195 school nurses serving … [Read More...]

Flight Nurse Brings Hospital Care to Afghanistan

(Military.com) It took a night medical evacuation mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, for all of Capt. Lani Pineda's hopes and fears from becoming an Army enroute critical care nurse to materialize. She had left the Air Force a year earlier, she said, after seeing the … [Read More...]

Tips for New Nurses to Transition to Their Jobs

(Wautosnow.com) There is a huge difference between classroom education and an actual job in almost every career, including the nursing field. The transition from college to a nursing job can be very challenging and exciting. Unfortunately, it can also be difficult to manage … [Read More...]

Nursing: The most trusted profession in America

(Boston.com) There’s a myth out there that most nurses work in hospitals. While it’s true that more than half of all nurses are employed by hospitals, nurses also provide healthcare in some unexpected locations, from homeless shelters and prisons to football arenas and … [Read More...]