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Robots may care for aging baby boomers as number of home aides dwindles
(Syracuse.com) Robots may end up taking care of aging baby boomers if the number of elderly care workers continues to decline. The New York Times reports researchers have developed a robotic nurse gentle enough to bathe elderly patients and a robotic butler that fetches … [Read More...]
Study: Hospitals’ finances are healthy
(Tribune Democrat) Hospitals across the region maintained financial health last year, a new state report shows. But leaders say the continued strength required constant scrutiny and creative programming to identify new opportunities in a dynamic industry. … [Read More...]
Passionate practitioner Covington Twp. woman finds nursing satisfying, strengthening
(Times Tribune) As a nurse, Lynn Heard has helped countless patients through the years with her tender care and calming demeanor. She also credits nursing with getting her through her own struggles in life. The Covington Twp. resident has served as school nurse at North … [Read More...]
It’s so nice to have a nurse in the family
(Columbus Telegram) Six years ago our daughter was a patient in the intensive care unit. This month she graduates with a nursing degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. We are so proud of her, of course. I know Emily must have a real passion for nursing … [Read More...]
‘I am really sorry, hon’: How dedicated nurses who looked after Boston bombing suspect could not stop themselves caring for him
(Mail Online) The nurses who treated one of the alleged Boston bombers have told how they could not stop themselves from soothing him with the words: ‘I am really sorry, hon’. Medical staff said that just like any other patient they were reflexively affectionate to. … [Read More...]
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...]
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