Travel Nursing - Per Diem Nursing - Local Contract Nursing
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David S.Posted
Thu 22 Apr 2010 12:00am
When hospitals & health systems seek supplemental nursing help, they typically ask for help in 1 of 3 ways. This article will highlight the 3 traditional forms of healthcare staffing. (1) Travel Nursing. Travel nursing jobs are usually 13 weeks in duration but can be as short as 4 weeks and as long as the hospital has a need…often up
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Int. Nursing and Nursing Informatics Day: the big 'C' and little 'c' in nursing
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h2cmPosted
Wed 01 Jul 2009 6:37pm
12th May is International Nurses Day and International Nursing Informatics Day: so have a great day!
Even though the vast majority of people use information and communication technology in their work - and this includes nurses - there are many within and without the profession who will wonder what has nursing to do with 'IT'?
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MENTAL HEALTH NURSING – A FIELD OF ITS OWN
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Stephanie S. JewettPosted
Fri 05 Feb 2010 12:00am
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Ten years ago I practiced as a registered nurse in the field of in-patient and outpatient... every specific problem. As with any field of nursing, these plans need to be updated and progress reporting to the doctor and other nursing staff is necessary. It is especially
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Nurses Day and Nurses Week Themes Announced
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Kathy Q.Posted
Thu 19 Feb 2009 6:31pm
Annual celebrations of the nursing profession will take place in a few weeks. In the U.S., National Recognition Day for Nurses (aka Nurses Day) is May 6 and Nurses Week is May 6-12. In 1996, the American Nurses Association initiated National RN Recognition Day as May 6 as well.
May 12 is the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale
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Largest Nursing Union Supports the National Nurse
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Kathy Q.Posted
Fri 27 Mar 2009 4:32pm
More exciting news comes today from The National Nurse campaign. The largest organization (union) of working RNs, known collectively as RNs Working Together AFL_CIO, has issued a statement of full support for the Office of a National Nurse.
" As a nurse and a union leader, I believe that creating the Office of a National Nurse is a good way
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More Nurses in Trouble with the Nursing Board
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Taralynn M.Posted
Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:21am
, and the lack of nursing faculty should also consider the following: Are we recruiting potential nurses only to have these nursesdisciplined at some point in their career by a state... to regulation or perhaps it is in relation to the conservative political environment of the Board currently. It is distressing to see nursesdisciplined when the discipline does nothing
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Happy National Nurses Day and Nurses Week!!
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Kathy Q.Posted
Wed 06 May 2009 1:22pm
Hope everyone has a great Nurses Week. Today is also School Nurses Day (the Wed. of Nurses Week). Student Nurses Day is Friday, May 8, and of course May 12 is the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale who got us all into this (nursing) in the first place! Enjoy!
Take pride in what you do and how you make a difference for someone
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Online Nursing Degree Seekers Gain a New Education Resource: OnlineNursingCareer.com
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Highway Hypodermics ..Posted
Tue 23 Dec 2008 2:04pm1 Comment
Seattle (PRWEB) November 4, 2008 -- Today, Online Nursing Career announced the recent launch of their new website. The site is designed to help students find online nursing degree programs that will help them enter the nursingfield or advance their careers through the convenience of a flexible online education. Online Nursing Career makes it easy
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Shortage of Nurse Educators Continues to Keep Students out of Nursing schools
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Kathy Q.Posted
Mon 07 Dec 2009 12:00am
The nursing shortage affects us all. And the even bigger problem is the shoratge of nurse educators. In these lean economic times when so many are out of jobs, it seems even more cruel that over 48,000 qualified students were turned away from nursing programs in 2008-9. In just six years' time there will be a need for over 580,000 new nursesRead on »
Another Way to Honor the Nursing Profession During Nurses Week
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Kathy Q.Posted
Fri 07 May 2010 12:00am
Do something for YOU and your fellow nurses to celebrate Nurses Week..... Call or email your Senators and Representatives and ask them to co-sponsor legislation in the House or Senate that improves Home Health Care and allows for Advance Practice nurses such as NPs. Clinical Nusre Specialists and Nurse Midwifes to sign orders for home health
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