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  • Apps: Don't visit your GP, use your mobile phone for a check-up instead... -

    Patients will be told to use mobile phones 'apps' to monitor their health at home rather than seeing a doctor or nurse.

  • South African nursing students share ideas in St. Cloud -

    They come from a different culture, but they have the same goal as their American counterparts: to provide the best health care possible.

  • Nursing moms might find it easier to pump at work -

    The measure would require businesses with 20 or more employees to make reasonable efforts to provide nursing moms with clean, private places to pump.

  • REFILE-U.S. debate over conscience in the workplace intensifies -

    Can a state require a pharmacy to stock and dispense emergency contraception - even when the owner considers the drug immoral? That's the question at the heart of a long-running legal battle in Washington state, expected to be decided Wednesday with a ruling from U.S. District Court in Seattle.

  • Three nursing homes in L.A. County fined over patient deaths -

    The California Department of Public Health has issued fines against three nursing homes in Los Angeles County after concluding that poor care led to deaths at each of the facilities.

  • Campaigners call for Dignity Code -

    NHS nurses and care workers should sign up to a code of conduct guaranteeing that elderly patients are treated with dignity and respect, according to an alliance of politicians, regulators and charities.

  • Vic nurses to hold stopwork meeting -

    Nurses from across Victoria will be bussed into Melbourne on Wednesday to hear a progress report on their drawn-out industrial action for better wages and conditions.

  • Hospital: Only 'Hot Nurses' Need Apply -

    The recent tongue-in-cheek ad campaign by Stockholm South General Hospital sought applicants with "TV-series hot" looks and a sense of humor for substitute nursing positions, Swedish newspaper The Local reported.

  • New Director of Nursing named at Hospice of Washington County -

    Hospice of Washington County is very excited to announce our new Director of Nursing - Deb McCreedy,RN. Deb has been a nurse for 41 years.

  • NHI coming to two KZN districts -

    KwaZulu-Natal will roll out the National Health Insurance in two districts this year, premier Zweli Mkhize said on Tuesday.

  • Young Patients Reunite With Their Doctors -

    It was a heartfelt reunion at Miami Children's Hospital Monday, when cardiac patients and their families thanked the doctors and nurses they credit for saving their lives.

  • The many kinds of nurses can be confusing, but knowing the difference could help patients -

    But for patients, their families or anyone in need of health care, it can be important to know what different types of nurses are trained to do, and what they can do to help you.

  • That's a lot of socks: GVSU student sells T-shirts to help clothe the homeless -

    Brittney Wesche, a nursing student at GVSU, has donated 1,000 pairs of socks to Degage Ministries, which provides services for the homeless.

  • National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission to visit Grambling State University. -

    The School of Nursing at Grambling State University has been preparing for an upcoming visit from members of the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission.

  • Nursing Home Workers Celebrate Contract Settlement -

    Unionized workers at four New Jersey nursing and rehabilitation centers, including one in Manchester, are declaring victory after aA year-long contract negotiation A ended in a settlement they say gives them much of what they asked for.