Prior care experience does not increase nursing students ’ compassion, study finds
Having paid prior care experience does not increase a student nurses’ levels of compassion or prevent them from experiencing a ‘reality shock’ during their studies, new research has suggested. The study, published in the International Journal of Nursing Studies, analysed questionnaires completed by pre-registration nursing students and people who had previously taken part in a... Read moreThe post Prior care experience does not increase nursing students’ compassion, study finds appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 11, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
PeaceHealth nurses gear up for picket over wages, staff safety
Nurses say the biggest stumbling blocks are over not only raises but language around safety and workplace violence. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - April 10, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Elizabeth Hayes Source Type: news
For-profit companies open psychiatric hospitals in areas clamoring for care
Tony Leys | (TNS) KFF Health News GRINNELL, Iowa — A for-profit company has proposed turning a boarded-up former nursing home here into a psychiatric hospital, joining a national trend toward having such hospitals owned by investors instead of by state governments or nonprofit health systems. The…#tonyleys #kffhealthnews #grinnell #iowa #lisadailey #dailey #alisoviejo #madera #sacramento #poweshiekcounty (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Community mental health nurses in GP practices ‘significantly improves’ patient wellbeing
Having community mental health nurses based at GP practices can significantly improve patient health outcomes, a new study has suggested. The research from Staffordshire University is based on anonymised data of more than 1,500 patients at a primary care mental health service in North Staffordshire. Patients in the study were treated over a period of... Read moreThe post Community mental health nurses in GP practices ‘significantly improves’ patient wellbeing appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 10, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Madeleine Anderson Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
Child abuse: its effects on mental health and responsibilities of the psychiatric nurse - Yazg ı Demir ZG, Yilmaz M, Yılmaz S.
The prevention of child abuse, which causes significant problems that harm the child's physical and psychosocial health, is a very important issue. Psychiatric nurses have important roles and responsibilities in recognizing child abuse, knowing its effects... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The effect of psychological first-aid virtual education on the communication skills of nurses in disasters: a randomized controlled trial - Madani SMS, Bahramnejad A, Farsi Z, Alizadeh A, Azizi M.
This study investigates the effect of psychological first-aid vi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
Nurses ratify contract with UPMC McKeesport
It's a three-year contract. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - April 10, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Paul J. Gough Source Type: news
'Why my job in intensive care has convinced me NEVER to have a routine operation': One nurse's haunting account of the daily traumas of caring for patients in the ward where life hangs by a thread
After ten years as an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse, looking after the hospital's sickest patients, I've almost become desensitised to it. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hospice launches sponsorship campaign to raise funds for nursing care
A charity-run hospice has introduced its first ‘Sponsor a Nurse’ campaign in an effort to raise vital funding for the nursing care it provides. The appeal for donations at St Raphael’s Hospice in London Road, Sutton, comes amid serious concerns over end-of-life care funding and as those at the hospice describe ‘hanging on by our... Read moreThe post Hospice launches sponsorship campaign to raise funds for nursing care appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 10, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Madeleine Anderson Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
Let more NHS staff work flexibly to help solve staffing crisis
NHS managers should do more to allow staff to work in flexible ways, including having more control over shift patterns or doing compressed hours*, says UNISON today (Wednesday).
Data from a new UNISON survey** shows a significant proportion of healthcare workers are not being given the alternative work patterns they’ve asked for.
The survey found two-thirds (65%) of women employed in healthcare across the UK who’ve asked for different work arrangements had their requests agreed in full.
But more than one in five (22%) were unable to obtain flexible working. A further one in eight (13%) had their requests ini...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - April 10, 2024 Category: Food Science Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release 2024 National Health Conference flexible working NHS staff Source Type: news
CMS: Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2024; Corrections
Notice from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) making technical corrections to theAugust 7, 2023, final rule. This notice is effective April 10, 2024, and is applicable October 1, 2023. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 10, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Chicago startup Pinch raises $3.5 million to bring med spas to you
A former SpotHero executive is shifting from parking to medical spa services designed to provide nurse practitioners with new career opportunities. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - April 9, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Alex Zorn Source Type: news
Trump-Backed Senate Candidate Suggests People In Nursing Homes Too Close to Death to Vote
AP Photo/Mike Roemer Eric Hovde, the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate for Senate in Wisconsin, told Fox News’s Guy Benson in a recent interview that he was suspicious of votes coming from nursing homes. Hovde, a former banking executive, told Benson that while he does not believe the 2020…#mikeroemer #erichovde #trump #wisconsin #foxnewss #guybenson #hovde #benson #donaldtrump #zuckerbucks (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Illinois' Botox health scare: Two patients are hospitalized after dodgy injections led to facial PARALYSIS - as state tells doctors to be on lookout for women with droopy faces
Two people in Illinois were hospitalized with botulism after receiving potentially counterfeit Botox by an unauthorized nurse. Health officials are warning hospitals about the potential for more cases. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Health conference: Divided we fall
The debate on Agenda for Change pay merged into terms and conditions as business continued into the afternoon at health conference in Brighton.
Paying to work
First up were a group of motions that explored the various ways in which health workers are losing out financially in the course of their work. This included paying for their own uniforms, DBS checks, paying for hospital parking – with one delegate even saying her employer asked for staff to pay for their key-fobs.
Elsewhere motions discussed out-of-date mileage and subsistence rates with the mover of the mileage motion, Trudy Martin of the SGE, noting that: “HMR...
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 9, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Simon Jackson Tags: Article News 2024 National Health Conference agenda for change Source Type: news
