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Is there a coming shortage of nurses Earlier this year, a Gallup poll found that for the 16th year running, nurses were the most trusted profession in terms of honesty and ethical standards, with 82 percent of Americans describing nurses’ ethic as high or very high. Nurses are skilled health care professionals who look after us when we’re most vulnerable,

South Dakota nurses rank 51st in average pay The nursing industry is under pressure in South Dakota as an aging population, fewer nursing students and an older workforce are combining to create staffing shortages. But the state has an added challenge in filling open nursing positions — pay. National nursing studies show RNs in South Dakota earn less than their counterparts

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We really need nurses. How Louisville is stepping up its training Code blue!” a University of Louisville nursing student calls out, prompting one of her peers to start doing chest compressions on their patient, a mannequin that just went into cardiac arrest. They’re in a lab at U of L’s health sciences campus downtown, doing a “death and dying simulation” that mimics a

Fredericton nursing home worker designs kits to help dementia patients sleep better A new sleep kit is giving people living with dementia and their caregivers a better chance at a good night’s sleep. It’s something Ramona George wishes she had long before her husband went into a nursing home. “It’s like when you have a child and that time that

NHS relaxes English tests to tackle nursing shortage English tests for foreign nurses are to be relaxed after regulators admitted that higher standards were causing NHS staff shortages. The pass mark for written English is being lowered after a review concluded that good candidates were “just missing out” on being able to work in Britain. Tougher language tests introduced in

How Treating The Mind Can Heal The Body The anticipation of episodes of difficulty breathing may increase anxiety that triggers exacerbations of this chronic condition, in which spasm of small breathing passages limit the ability to breathe normally. New research now demonstrates that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) administered by respiratory nurses is not only cost effective, but also reduces symptoms

Student nurses should learn more of their skills by practising on dummies and robots, watchdogs say Student nurses should learn more of their skills by practising on dummies, using virtual reality and robots, instead of using patients as guinea pigs, watchdogs say. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) wants to increase the amount of time student nurses spend practising in “simulated” environments, rather than on

The downside to Quebec’s booming economy? A labour crunch A transport company with dozens of trucks sitting idle. A McDonald’s willing to pay well above minimum wage. A manufacturer forced to turn down a lucrative contract. Tales like these are emerging from across Quebec as the province grapples with a growing labour crunch. “This is the kind of thing we will

NHS trusts urge Government to recognise how much NHS relies on immigration NHS leaders are calling on the Government to reform immigration policy to make it easier to recruit doctors and nurses from overseas and fill significant gaps left by UK workforce shortages. Staff shortages are the top concern for two thirds of chief executives and chairs of NHS trusts