A Colorado nurse created "Carrot Soup," an educational workout video starring her daughter that has attracted interest from PBS. The Emergency Nurses Association recently announced eight 2008 inductees to the Academy of Emergency Nursing.
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing professor Nancy E. Glass received a five-year NIOSH grant to fund studies of intimate partner violence.^The U.S. Army has expanded its educational programs to include doctorates in four additional specialties for qualified CRNAs.
Two nurse practitioners working in the Office of the Surgeon General have led health-improvement initiatives as senior fellows of the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation. A Thomson, GA nurse opened a part-time clinic for the uninsured.
The nurse-scribed book "What to Do When Your Child Gets Sick" recently passed the 2-million sales mark. Hospitals' use of voluntary and mandatory overtime is leading to adverse patient outcomes and nurse burnout.
Nevada and Massachusetts nursing unions are pushing for mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios; Niagara County, NY officials adopted a plan for aiding the county's special-needs population during an emergency.
Whistle-blower lawsuit filed by Barbara Butcher, RN, who was fired in 2005 from a hospital in Port Jefferson, NY, can go to trial; National Nurses Week was celebrated in a variety of ways across the country, from a funniest story contest, to discounts on warm cookies, to a newly establishing Aide-to-RN Scholarship program.
Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne is expanding its master's program in nursing to include a teaching track; the New York State Nurses Association is backing legislation that will increase the penalty for assaulting an on-duty RN or LPN.
Top 10 places for minority nurses to live and work; a nursing shortage at Maryland hospitals is getting worse; more nurse-owned clinics are replacing the country doctor in rural areas.
First Army nurse to die in combat since the Vietnam War; Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton shadows nurse; ANA and NYSNA condemn exploitation of immigrant RNs
