February 16, 2011 in Registered Nurse | Permalink
Dundee, United Kingdom (Nursing Salary. Org) – A lady who had been faced with a flogging on the issue of a colleague’s death, in the conservative nation on Saudi Arabia, has recently faced of sentence 2 years in probation upon the crime of credit card fraud. Last month, forty-five year… Continue Reading →
February 11, 2011 in Registered Nurse | Permalink
Ontario, Canada (Nursing Salary. Org) – Nurses from all across eastern Ontario have gathered in Ottawa to learn a very new skill indeed this Friday. They will be training to wage a war against smoking! Now, that sounds very military style doesn’t it? Nurses from across Canada will be trained in this… Continue Reading →
February 8, 2011 in Registered Nurse | Permalink
Europe (NursingSalary.Org) – Nurses eligible to receive 1000s of pounds in compensation due to unfair banning from a work permit issued on behalf of Independent Safeguarding Authority are being searched for by the Royal College of Nursing. This is following a decision by 3 nurses to try the government in… Continue Reading →
February 1, 2011 in Registered Nurse | Permalink
United Kingdom (NursingSalary.org) – The UK Department of Health plans to recruit nursery nurses to become members of health visiting teams. The initiative was taken with the hope of increasing retention rate in nursing profession. The 2011-2015 draft version of the Health Visitor Implementation Strategy has a target to fulfill… Continue Reading →
January 28, 2011 in Registered Nurse | Permalink
Texas, US (NursingSalary.org) – Drop in Medicaid reimbursement by 10 percent and an additional 3 percent cut proposed by State legislatures will cause widespread closure nursing homes in Texas that are solely dependent on Medicaid funds. At the moment, there is about 550 nursing homes dependent on Medicaid and these funds help almost 45,000… Continue Reading →
January 25, 2011 in Registered Nurse | Permalink
Pennsylvania, US (NursingSalary.org) – Donna Torrisi is the only registered nurse in US who has been chosen to participate in the national healthcare transformation project. She is the executive director of the Family Practice & Counseling Network in Philadelphia and an expert in nurse – managed healthcare. Pennsylvania is one… Continue Reading →
January 19, 2011 in Registered Nurse | Permalink
Baltimore, US (Nursing Salary.org) – Researchers in the US are beginning to link long work hours for nurses with an increased possibility of patients dying from heart attack and pneumonia! Now, that’s a shock. Apparently, scientists and researchers at the John Hopkins University School of Medicine and University of Maryland, both… Continue Reading →
January 16, 2011 in Registered Nurse | Permalink
Oklahoma, US (NursingSalary.org) – Amber Van Brunt, a hospice nurse in Oklahoma country Angelic Family Hospice center, has been barred from pursuing her nursing profession for the next 20 years as a disciplinary action taken against her for getting involved with a terminally ill and married hospice patient. After the… Continue Reading →
January 15, 2011 in Registered Nurse | Permalink
Wilkes-Barre, PA (NursingSalary.org) – More than 400 nurses went on strike at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. The strike was scheduled for December 23rd, and began at 7:00 a.m. Representatives from the Nurses Union said that the strike is the result of the ongoing battle they are carrying with the management of… Continue Reading →
December 31, 2010 in Registered Nurse | Permalink
Pago Pago, AS (NursingSalary.org) – Nine graduates from the American Samoa Community College’s School of Nursing received caps and pins last Wednesday. Veteran nurse Poiva Reid, a keynote speaker at the ceremony, reminded the audience that the tradition of training local American Samoans as registered nurses dates back to the… Continue Reading →