Are Cities Designed For Women? Penn-ICOWHI Conference Examines Urban Women's Health
Women comprise more than half the population of the nation's cities, are three times as likely as their male counterparts to live alone after the age of 65, and are primary caregivers for their families at all ages and stages of life... (Source: Nursing News From Medical News Today)...
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Parliamentary group hits out at lack of support for ME sufferers
An all-party parliamentary group has criticised the provision of services for people with myalgic encephalopathy (ME) (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)...
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NICE opens consultation on childhood bedwetting
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is developing advice for the NHS on how to treat and look after children who wet the bed. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)...
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NHS teams rise to the Nursing Times Challenge
Exclusive pictures from the Nursing Times Challenge, where nursing teams used role-play scenarios to practice managing in high-pressure health care situations (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)...
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Test of a conceptual model of uncertainty in children and adolescents with cancer
Despite recognition as a significant stressor in childhood cancer, illness-related uncertainty from the perspective of children remains under-studied. We tested a conceptual model of uncertainty, derived from Mishel's uncertainty in illness theory, in 68 school-aged children and adolescents with cancer. As hypothesized, uncertainty was significantly related to psychological distress, but only one hypothesized antecedent (parental uncertainty) significantly predicted children's uncertainty. An alternative model incorporating antecedent developmental factors (age and illness-specific expertise) explained 21% of the variance in child uncertainty; controlling for stage of treatment, uncertainty was higher in children with shorter time since diagnosis, older age, lower cancer knowledge, and hig......
POSTED 03/12/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Celebrate Age
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Penn Professor Named Nursing Dean at UIC
March 11, 2010 - Terri Weaver, the Ellen and Robert Kapito Professor in Nursing Science and chair of biobehavioral and health sciences at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, has been named dean of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)...
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How Some Hospitals Save Lives Better Than Others
March 11, 2010 - It’s not a secret: some hospitals outperform their peers, with a higher percentage of patients leaving alive than at other facilities. Why that occurs is hard to identify, but worth investigating. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)...
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Obesity and alcohol "increase liver disease risk"
Overweight men and women need to watch their alcohol intake to reduce their risk of liver disease, experts have warned (Source: Nursing in Practice)...
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Varied blood pressure key to stroke
Stroke risk can be better predicted through measuring variations in blood pressure, rather than taking high-average readings (Source: Nursing in Practice)...
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RCN members: Work with NICE
The Royal College of Nursing is asking its members to get involved with key reviewing work for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). (Source: Royal College of Nursing - UK- National News)...
POSTED 03/12/2010 at 08:42 AM --
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Childhood behaviour problems can lead to chronic pain, say researchers
Children with severe behaviour problems are twice as likely to experience chronic pain in adulthood as children without behaviour problems, according to new research. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)...
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Pill 'helps women live longer'
A major study into the long-term effects of the oral contraceptive pill found that women who have taken the drug are likely to live longer compared to those who have not. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)...
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New blood pressure measures could prevent strokes and heart attacks
A study that challenges current blood pressure readings may have major implications for preventing strokes and heart attacks. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)...
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Nurses test 'digital pens' to cut down on paperwork
Nurses at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust are replacing notepads and pens with digital devices in a scheme that aims to save £220,000 a year. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)...
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Scottish GPs undecided about return of out-of-hours responsibility
Representatives at the Scottish conference of LMCs could not reach an agreement about whether out-of-hours care should be the responsibility of GPs. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Independent Nurse News)...
POSTED 03/12/2010 at 05:30 AM --
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PCTs commission 'cheap and quick' out-of-hours services over quality
PCTs put 'access and cost' before quality when commissioning out-of-hours services, according to oral evidence presented to parliament's Health Select Committee. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Independent Nurse News)...
POSTED 03/11/2010 at 06:15 PM --
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DoH urges PCTs to incentivise GPs to cut referrals
The DoH has urged PCTs to offer incentives for GPs to cut referrals, as the NHS funding squeeze takes hold. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Independent Nurse News)...
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Government aims to improve health of socially excluded
Socially excluded groups are often not receiving adequate care, according to a government report. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Independent Nurse News)...
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Thursday 11 March
Tom Sandford interviewed on Channel 4 News:
Tom Sandford was interviewed on Channel 4 News on Tuesday evening discussing cuts and staffing issues. Tom was quoted as saying, "Without doubt whoever wins the election is going to be saying afterwards, We've looked at the books, we're sorry, we know now information that we didnt know then, and as a result of that information we're going to have to make savings on a bigger scale than we thought we were going to have to." (Source: Royal College of Nursing News Alert)...
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