RCN Advises Nurses Must Not Ignore Patient Requests for Assisted Suicide
This week in the UK, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN)announced that nurses must engage in discussions of assisted suicide, if apatient broaches the subject.Continue reading »...
Vindication for Nurse Prescribers – Cut Alcoholism Treatment Time in Half
Nurse prescribers face several challenges related to their prescribingpowers, including general opposition and lack of progression. However, newvindication from a pilot study on alcohol addiction in the UK shows how nursingprescription practices have provided improvements in patient care.Continue reading »...
Scary Statistic – “1 in 7 Medicare/Medicaid Patients Harmed During Hospitalization’
The fact that 1 of 7 Medicare patients are injured or harmed duringhospitalization isn’t a glowing testimony to the quality of care in Americanhospitals. This figure comes from the Department of Health and HumanServices.Continue reading »...
Calling a nurse ‘doctor’- A problem for some
The latest outbreak of obsessive semantics in the health care sector isthe storm over calling nurses with doctorates “Doctor”. Apparently MDsdon’t like the usage, and the result, as The New York Times reports, is prettyturgid stuff:Continue reading »...