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Nurses follow NICE blood clot guidelines

Thousands more nurses and healthcare assistants are following the NICE venous thromboembolism (VTE) guidelines, following a drive by the Royal College of Nursing to raise awareness of the “silent killer”. It is estimated that 25,000 people who are admitted to hospital die from preventable VTE every year, leading the Department of Health to make prevention a priority across the NHS for the forthcoming...

STAFF RN-FLOAT POOL-OPT-.001-ROTATING SHIFTS-FROEDTERT-MILWAUKEE, WI

STAFF RN-FLOAT POOL-OPT-.001-ROTATING SHIFTS-FROEDTERT-MILWAUKEE, WIJob Summary: The Registered Nurse is a practitioner who is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care for an identified group of primary patients according to Froedtert Hospital’s professional practice model. This individual demonstrates increasing competency in delivery of care to a primarily...

Care Quality Commission issues warning to Birkdale Park Nursing Home

The UK’s Care Quality Commission (CQC) has urged Birkdale Park Nursing Home in Southport to take measures to meet essential standards. CQC Inspectors found that the health provider had given incorrect doses of medicine to its patients. The nursing home was visited by inspectors on 23 November 2011, who found that medication was not being stored, recorded or handled properly. Inspectors said...

Irish Hospital in New IMS MAXIMS Deal to Help Keep Older Patients Independent for Longer

A new project is underway at Leopardstown Hospital which will help nurses and therapists to keep older people independent for longer. The MAXIMS clinical PAS has already proved a major success among nurses looking after the south Dublin hospital’s 170 plus residents – mostly people over 60 with a range of physical and mental health needs and requiring long-term care. IMS MAXIMS is now...

First director of nursing for public health announced

Professor Viv Bennett has been appointed as director of nursing in the Department of Health and the government’s principal adviser on public health nursing. Viv was previously the deputy chief nursing officer. This new post will complement the role of chief nursing officer in the NHS Commissioning Board, which will be recruited in the new year….
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