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Are nurses the better GPs in primary care?
“Should nurses replace GPs as frontline providers of primary care?” – This question was discussed controversy by Bonnie Sibbald, Professor of Health Service Research, University Read more …
Nurses receive award for their work in tuberculosis
By putting the World TB Day slogan ‘I am stopping TB’ into action, 11 nurses have earned the 2008 ICN/Lilly Award, for their outstanding work in fighting tuberculosis (TB) and Read more …
Working around the risk: How doctors deal with the danger embedded in the medical system
Risk is an inherent element of the hospital system and the resulting dangers are often normalised by medical staff to allow them to do their job, according to research by a Read more …
New ways of working: innovation in cancer nursing practice
Change is occurring at a rapid rate in cancer care - in many European countries cancer services are now being provided primarily in an ambulatory or outpatient setting with Read more …
Burned out or bored out of your mind?
A survey by the Gallup Institute (Potsdam) revealed that only 15% of Germans consider their job satisfying; 16% have mentally handed in their notice and 69% are ‘working to rule’. Read more …
Guide launched to develop nurses’ business skills
UK – The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has launched a new guide to help nurses understand business and financial practices in the country’s National Health Service (NHS). Read more …
Nutrition and health
According to figures released in 2006 by the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF), around 14 million children, aged 7-11 years, are overweight - and three million of these are Read more …
EU project is financing the electronic nurse
Good news for overworked hospital staff: Maybe in just a few years they will be supported by little robots that could clean up the sickrooms, look for the doctor or show visitors Read more …
Nursing news
Nursing organisations have warned that about 70% of newly qualified nurses cannot find jobs in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS).
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Respected not rejected
The Hartmann European Care Award 2004 has been presented to Dagmar Erdkönig, Petra Makara and Claudia Reicher of Austria.
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Drunken abuse and violence against hospital staff
UK – Speaking at the first National Health Service (NHS) Security Management Professionals conference in November, Rosie Winterton, the country’s Health Minister, said the number Read more …
Nurse-surgeons
Waiting lists, EU limits on working hours, doctor and nursing staff shortages, how could healthcare providers overcome all those hurdles let alone glimpse the winning post ahead? Read more …
