(Herald and News) When Brooke Higgins graduated with Klamath Community College’s first class of nursing students earlier this month, she took the next step in her career.
Higgins is a certified nursing assistant who grew up with a nurse-grandmother and strong interest in medicine. “I’ve always wanted to be a nurse, ever since I was a little girl,” she said. [Read more...]
(CNN) About 6,000 California nurses staged a one-day strike at several hospitals Thursday, protesting what they called an “erosion of quality of care and cuts to patient protections,” National Nurses United said.
In Long Beach, about 2,000 nurses staged a one-day strike at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and Miller Children’s Hospital, but nurses were later told that they will be locked out of their jobs for four days because replacements had to be hired in a five-day block, nurses told CNN.
(The Herald News) Mary Gniady did not know the name of the man she rescued Wednesday. As an advanced practice nurse, she had a job to do, and she quickly went to work.
“I am alive!” the man responded excitedly after Gniady performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Actually, she still does not know the man’s name. That will have to wait. [Read more...]
(Business Journal) Recently released state records show that as California struggles to cope with widening budget deficits, some 42 state nurses have each earned over $1 million.
Bloomberg reported on Sunday that the group collectively earned $47.5 million in that time, mostly by tapping into overtime,effectively tripling their regular compensation.
It cited one prison nurse in Soledad, Lina Manglicmot, who earned $1.5 million since 2005, an average of $253,530 a year. [Read more...]
(HealthcareFinanceNews) The number of young people entering the nursing profession is surging, providing relief from the recent nursing shortage, according to an article in the December issue of Health Affairs.
In the article, “Registered Nurse Supply Grows Faster Than Projected Amid Surge in New Entrants Ages 23-26,” authors David I. Auerbach, Peter I. Buerhaus and Douglas O. Staiger report that the number of full-time registered nurses ages 23-26 increased by 62 percent between 2002 and 2009. [Read more...]
(The Daily News) For everyone in Kamloops who doesn’t have a family physician, there is another argument for putting nurse practitioners in positions of primary care.
That chronic doctor shortage was among points made by Judith Shamian, president of the Canadian Nurses Association, on a visit to the city that culminated with a dialogue session at TRU Monday.
Shamian and her staff are on a cross-country tour, consulting with students, faculty and people in the health-care field as a lead-up to the next federal-provincial health accord. [Read more...]
(DelmarvaNow.com) Wicomico County’s decision to cut registered nurse positions has attracted the attention of the American Journal of Nursing.
In its December issue, AJN News Director and RN Gail Pfeifer referred to an Aug. 30 article in The Daily Times which detailed Wicomico County Schools’ decision to replace three RNs with certified nursing assistants, who have far less training than an RN or licensed nurse practitioner, according to William Campbell, an associate professor of nursing at Salisbury University. [Read more...]
(Sacramento Bee) In a continued effort to help alleviate the nationwide nursing shortage, the Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future is hosting the Promise of Nursing for Tennessee gala to raise funds and provide scholarships to help ease the nursing shortage in Tennessee. As the 31st Promise of Nursing regional gala, proceeds from this event will contribute to the more than $18 million raised across the country to date.
All funds raised from the event, which is being held in Nashville on Wednesday, December 14, will remain in Tennessee to support undergraduate nursing student scholarships, graduate nursing education fellowships to prepare nurse faculty, and grants to Tennessee area nursing schools to help expand their program capacity. More than 500 Tennessee nurses and healthcare professionals are expected to be in attendance at the Gaylord Opryland Resort beginning at 6 p.m. [Read more...]
(ModernHealthcare.com) The American Association of Colleges of Nursing says enrollment in entry-level nursing degree programs increased once again this year, as results from an AACN annual survey reveal a 3.9% boost in enrollment in Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs.The Washington-based AACN released preliminary data from its annual survey polling 840 nursing schools in America. Enrollment has risen every year since 2000. Enrollment in 2010 increased by 5.7% compared with 2009.
“With the Institute of Medicine and other leading authorities calling for significant increases in the number of nurses with baccalaureate and graduate degrees, moving to prepare a more highly educated nursing workforce has become a national priority,” said AACN President Kathleen Potempa in a news release.
Nursing schools also turned away qualified applicants. The survey reported 51,082 qualified applicants were turned away from 503 entry-level baccalaureate nursing programs in 2011. The news coincides with a Health Affairs report published this week on a large cohort of young nurses joining the profession.
The U.S. government has pledged $82 million in loans and scholarships to provide financial support to nurses and nursing students in exchange for service at healthcare facilities with a shortage of nurses. The nursing awards were made through 2 programs:
