News and Features from Nursing Spectrum and Nurseweek http://www.nurse.com http://news.nurse.com/article/20120521/NATIONAL01/305210022 Mon, 21 May 2012 06:00:00 EST A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention examined the diagnostic history and treatment of school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder and special healthcare needs. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120525/NATIONAL02/105280028 Fri, 25 May 2012 06:00:00 EST Nearly a quarter of all teens have diabetes or prediabetes, according to a study that found a substantial increase in percentage during a recent 10-year period. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120525/NATIONAL02/120521009 Fri, 25 May 2012 06:00:00 EST The American Nurses Association has announced its endorsement of President Obama for re-election in this year?s presidential campaign. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120524/NATIONAL02/120524001 Thu, 24 May 2012 17:41:00 EST Calcium supplements might increase the risk of having a myocardial infarction and should be "taken with caution," according to a study. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120524/NATIONAL02/105280027 Thu, 24 May 2012 17:08:00 EST The expanded use of antiretrovirals has been linked to significant decreases in hospital mortality rates among severely ill HIV-positive patients nationwide, primarily due to a decrease in opportunistic infections, according to a study. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120524/NATIONAL02/105280026 Thu, 24 May 2012 17:08:00 EST The number of systems of care that quickly transfer and treat patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction has increased substantially across the nation, according to published research. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120523/NATIONAL02/105280024 Wed, 23 May 2012 17:30:00 EST Diabetic foot infections are an increasingly common problem, but proper care can save limbs and ultimtately lives, according to new guidelines released by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120523/NATIONAL02/105280023 Wed, 23 May 2012 17:30:00 EST The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a statement in recognition of National Emergency Medical Services Week, which spans May 20-26. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120523/NATIONAL02/105280020 Wed, 23 May 2012 06:00:00 EST Death rates for people with diabetes dropped substantially from 1997 to 2006, especially deaths related to heart disease and stroke, according to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120522/NATIONAL02/105280022 Tue, 22 May 2012 18:36:00 EST The number of people contracting Clostridium difficile is increasing, and the infection often is contracted outside of the hospital, according to a study. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120522/NATIONAL02/105280018 Tue, 22 May 2012 18:00:00 EST CHOC Children?s Hospital in Orange, Calif., is on its way to becoming a top pediatric care facility through a new state-of-the-art tower set to open in spring 2013. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/CA02/305010028 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST A film in production by On Nursing Excellence, a nonprofit organization, will be released this October and aims to depict the work of nurses from the bedside to the boardroom. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/CA02/305010014 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST Dozens of well-wishers distributed hugs and kind words April 6 as Carole Mullins, RN, wrapped up 50 years of nursing service at Tucson Medical Center. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/CA02/305010034 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST Shore Health System, based in Easton, Md., and Sinai Hospital of Baltimore were recognized in April with awards at the eighth annual Maryland Patient Safety Conference. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/DC02/305010020 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST Citing a wealth of positive changes at the former Potomac Hospital in Woodbridge, Va., Sentara Healthcare has announced that the facility has been renamed Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/DC02/305010045 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST The University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, has achieved its highest research funding ranking ever from the National Institutes of Health, ranking 19th among nursing schools receiving research funding from NIH. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/DC02/305010016 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST Construction continues on a state-of-the-art, six-story Advanced Pediatric Care Pavilion at Miami Children's Hospital, after a groundbreaking ceremony in December. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120305/FL02/103050051 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:00:00 EST Evelyn Mathis, RN, BSN, who came to the U.S. from Nicaragua in 1989, realized her dream of becoming a nurse in January. It was a long and bumpy journey, but well worth the trip. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120305/FL02/103050046 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:00:00 EST The Vascular Thoracic ICU at Florida Hospital in Orlando recently was honored with the National Beacon Award. The award, given by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, recognizes adult critical care, adult progressive care and pediatric critical care units that exemplify nursing innovation, high-quality patient outcomes, healthy work environments, commitment to excellence, leadership and organizational ethics. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120305/FL02/103050048 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:00:00 EST Pamela S. Bell, RN, BSN, MBA, interim CEO of Holy Family Medical Center, Des Plaines, Ill., has been named CEO of the medical center. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/IL02/305010041 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, is providing resources from equipment donations to clinical rotations in nursing and guest lecturers to nearby Malcolm X College in support of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel?s new College to Careers program. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/IL02/305010046 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST Concordia University Chicago in River Forest, Ill., and Resurrection University in Oak Park, Ill., have entered into a partnership agreement to offer a joint degree nursing program beginning this year. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/IL02/305010037 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST On May 12, the final day of National Nurses Week, we once again will commemorate Florence Nightingale?s birthday. It?s a good time to reflect on her attributes and attitudes and the actions she used to ignite the evolution of nursing more than 150 years ago. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/HL02/305010053 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST A film in production by On Nursing Excellence, a nonprofit organization, will be released this October and aims to depict the work of nurses from the bedside to the boardroom. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/HL02/305010051 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST With the end of combat in Iraq and the planned withdrawal in 2014 of U.S. fighting forces in Afghanistan, the Army?s healthcare providers still face daunting challenges, according to Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, RN, the first woman and nurse to head the U.S. Army Medical Department. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/HL02/305010050 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST Jean Anne Connor, RN, DNSc, CPNP, director of nursing research in the cardiovascular and critical care program at Children?s Hospital Boston, was awarded $50,000 Impact Research Grant by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses and is to be inducted into AACN?s Circle of Excellence Society http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/NE02/105070026 Tue, 01 May 2012 12:41:00 EST South County Hospital in Wakefield, R.I., recently achieved Pathway to Excellence designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, making it the first hospital in New England to earn the honor. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/NE02/105070024 Tue, 01 May 2012 12:41:00 EST Tockwotton Home of Providence, R.I., received the Excellence in Action award for employee satisfaction from My InnerView. The award is presented annually to leaders in the senior care profession who score in the top 10% of their peer group with a response rate of 30% or more; it is based on the results of a survey given to employees about job satisfaction. Tockwotton scored in the top 10% of nearly 6,000 nursing homes nationwide surveyed for employee satisfaction. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/NE02/105070025 Tue, 01 May 2012 12:41:00 EST At a Feb. 9 information session and reception, Felician College in Lodi, N.J., announced the addition of the doctor of nursing practice degree to the college's division of nursing and health management programs. The DNP degree is the first doctoral-level program offered by Felician College. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120305/NJ02/103050023 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:00:00 EST With about 75 nurses in attendance, Elise Demalderis, RN, ICU/CCU staff nurse, and chairwoman of the steering committee, presented the five councils' recent accomplishments, and the 17 members of the steering committee and staff were recognized for their contributions to the shared governance process. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120305/NJ02/103050025 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:00:00 EST In October, the Healing Hearts and Connecting Hands cardiac support group at Jersey City (N.J.) Medical Center held its first meeting. The group was created by Susan Weiss, RN, after her personal experience as a patient with heart failure to empower patients and caregivers. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120305/NJ02/103050024 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:00:00 EST In donor management, transplant coordinators and hospital staff work together to treat any donor medical conditions, such as acidosis, hypotension, hypothermia or hypoxemia. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120521/NY02/105210002 Mon, 21 May 2012 06:00:00 EST For three years the team has followed 60 brain tumor survivors between the ages of 9 and 25, and the center recently expanded the program to include all pediatric cancer survivors. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120521/NY02/105210008 Mon, 21 May 2012 06:00:00 EST This year?s program discussed national simulation learning initiatives and training-the-trainer techniques for nursing faculty. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120521/NY02/105210010 Mon, 21 May 2012 06:00:00 EST Eight healthcare facilities in the Philadelphia Tri-State region have been named Top Hospitals for Emergency Medicine by HealthGrades. The findings were based on the HealthGrades Emergency Medicine in American Hospitals report, which analyzed more than 7 million Medicare patient records from 2008 to 2010 and recognized 263 hospitals nationwide. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/PA02/305010008 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST Nurses at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, learned last month that the facility has achieved Magnet status ? the highest honor awarded for nursing excellence ? from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/PA02/305010047 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST Louisa Phillips, RN, FACHE, BSN, MS, MBA, administrative director of operations for the cardiovascular service line at Bayhealth Medical Center, Dover, Del., has been elected to the Council of Regents, the legislative body of the American College of Healthcare Executives. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/PA02/305010006 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST The American Cancer Society began the Cancer Prevention Study-3, a long-term population study aimed at increasing understanding about how malignancies develop in 2006, and recently Florida nurses and nursing students have stepped up efforts to educate people and pique their interest in enrolling in the historic research project. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/SC02/104300044 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST Leaders from North Fulton Hospital presented Sheena Buyuccan, RN, with the DAISY Award for Nursing for the month of March. Buyuccan was selected for this honor following nominations submitted by her patients and peers. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/SC02/104300059 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST Cleveland Clinic Florida?s "Model of Medicine" in which key organizational decisions are made only after all viewpoints of nurses and the rest of the caregiving team are considered. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/SC02/104300041 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST The expanded use of antiretrovirals has been linked to significant decreases in hospital mortality rates among severely ill HIV-positive patients nationwide. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120524/CRT02/305240015 Thu, 24 May 2012 17:08:00 EST The incidence of CDI in children was more than 12 times higher between 2004 and 2009 when compared to the period 1991 through 1997. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120522/CRT02/305220082 Tue, 22 May 2012 18:00:00 EST The tubes made a difference of nearly 16 percentage points in risk of developing at least a stage II pressure ulcer. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120519/CRT02/305190033 Sat, 19 May 2012 06:00:00 EST The number of systems of care that quickly transfer and treat patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction has increased substantially. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120523/ED02/305230030 Wed, 23 May 2012 17:30:00 EST More than 36 million patients received care in 2011 from EMS professionals, whose ranks include nurses, EMTs, physicians and others. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120523/ED02/305230029 Wed, 23 May 2012 06:00:00 EST Patients diagnosed in the ED with a specific type of brain bleed should be considered for immediate transfer to a hospital that treats at least 35 cases a year. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120521/ED02/305210027 Mon, 21 May 2012 06:00:00 EST Deaths from all causes declined by 23%, and deaths related to heart disease and stroke dropped by 40%. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120522/MS02/305220083 Tue, 22 May 2012 18:36:00 EST The incidence of CDI in children was more than 12 times higher between 2004 and 2009 when compared to the period 1991 through 1997. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120522/MS02/305220081 Tue, 22 May 2012 18:00:00 EST Patients diagnosed in the ED with a specific type of brain bleed should be considered for immediate transfer to a hospital that treats at least 35 cases a year. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120521/MS02/305210026 Mon, 21 May 2012 06:00:00 EST Researchers found overall colorectal cancer mortality was reduced by 26% and incidence by 21% as a result of screening with sigmoidoscopy. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120521/ONC02/305210029 Mon, 21 May 2012 17:56:00 EST A consultative visit between a nurse practitioner and a metastatic cancer patient goes a long way toward improving the patient?s emotional and mental well-being. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120520/ONC02/305200040 Sun, 20 May 2012 06:00:00 EST One in 30 baby boomers has been infected with hepatitis C, and most do not know they have been infected, according to the CDC. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120518/ONC02/305180019 Fri, 18 May 2012 17:03:00 EST The incidence of CDI in children was more than 12 times higher between 2004 and 2009 when compared to the period 1991 through 1997. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120522/PED02/305220080 Tue, 22 May 2012 18:00:00 EST Health risks associated with exposure to environmental tobacco smoke persist well beyond childhood, a study found. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120521/PED02/305210028 Mon, 21 May 2012 18:10:00 EST In 2010, an estimated 10.1 million children had been diagnosed with asthma in their lifetimes, and 7 million still had asthma. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120520/PED02/305200041 Sun, 20 May 2012 06:00:00 EST The American College of Surgeons and CDC have announced a three-year strategic partnership to improve surgical patient safety at the national level. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120416/OR02/304160006 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:56:00 EST Giving antibiotics to patients with acute uncomplicated appendicitis is a safe and viable alternative to surgery, according to an analysis. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120407/OR02/304070039 Sat, 07 Apr 2012 06:00:00 EST Patients whose symptoms of Clostridium difficile infection start outside the hospital setting have a higher risk of colectomy from severe infection. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120404/OR02/304040038 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:50:00 EST Most of our patients don?t look forward to dying; they struggle to survive against daunting odds. I never had heard anyone complain about being alive until I met 92-year-old Esther, a hospice patient. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/EOS1/104300008 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST Nurse goes through lifelong process of learning to accept mortality http://news.nurse.com/article/20120416/EOS1/104160031 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:00:00 EST I always knew I wanted to make a difference with my life, and working as a family nurse practitioner allows me to do just that. I became a licensed practical nurse in 1983, an RN in 1997 and an FNP in 2007. Once I graduated as an FNP, I immediately went to work at Community Health Center in White City, Ore. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120402/EOS1/104020027 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:00:00 EST In June 2003, I was employed at an HMO as a case manager but became ill with severe allergies and respiratory problems. I visited my primary care physician and an allergist, and the results were positive for many things, including mold. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120521/LTR1/120516005 Mon, 21 May 2012 06:00:00 EST You need to offer more articles about older and experienced nurses like me (age 61) and information on refresher courses. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120521/LTR1/120516006 Mon, 21 May 2012 06:00:00 EST APNs often are touted as the solution to provide increased access to primary healthcare in the face of decline in the numbers of family practice physicians. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120521/LTR1/120516007 Mon, 21 May 2012 06:00:00 EST With the United States facing a growing shortage of primary healthcare providers, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners has announced a national campaign to increase public awareness of the critical role of nurse practitioners in the American healthcare system. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120515/STUDENT/305150023 Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:00 EST A film in production by On Nursing Excellence, a nonprofit organization, will be released this October and aims to depict the work of nurses from the bedside to the boardroom. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120508/STUDENT/305080019 Tue, 08 May 2012 06:00:00 EST It is one thing to say nurses have topped a Gallup poll of the most honest and ethical professions for 10 consecutive years and 12 of the last 13. It is another thing altogether to try to capture the sentiment behind the statistic. http://news.nurse.com/article/20120501/STUDENT/305010049 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 EST