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Disease-fighting Strategies in Animals Mirror Foundations of Human Medicine
When avoiding or dealing with disease, animals and people use strikingly similar strategies, many of which appear to have evolved into the foundational “pillars” of human medicine, reports Benjamin Hart, a pioneer in veterinary aspects of animal behavior...
Nurse Practitioners ‘critical Link’ in Meeting New Care Demands Sparked By Health Reform
One of the nation’s leading voices in patient care and safety says that the key to successfully navigating the challenges and changes that health care reform will bring is the ability to “reimagine and redefine” what nursing is all about. How...
Wireless Network in Hospital Monitors Vital Signs
A clinical warning system that uses wireless sensors to track the vital signs of at-risk patients is undergoing a feasibility study at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. When the full system is operational sensors will take blood oxygenation and heart-rate...
Reducing Avoidable Re-hospitalizations Among Seniors
A new study from Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, demonstrates improvements in discharge disposition following a three-pronged intervention that combines standardized admission templates, palliative care consultations,...
Only 20,000 Professional Nurses to Cover 80m People in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Nurses Association has said that the number of 20,000 professional nurses is very poor compared to the needs of Ethiopia’s growing population estimated at 80 million.
Many And Varied Paths Through Australia’s Aged Care System
There are numerous as well as assorted routes through Australia’s outdated health care program based on a study produced from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
Nurses in South Africa Step Into ART Breach
At Malvern Clinic, a primary healthcare facility serving an impoverished suburb east of Johannesburg’s city centre, every seat was taken on a recent Monday morning.
National Committee Releases Findings on Transforming And Improving the Nursing Profession
The report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing at the Institute of Medicine recommends everything from higher levels of education and training for nurses to greater opportunities for their ranks to hold leadership...
