State Scraps Trainee Nurses Requirement
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THE Government has scrapped the requirement that people wishing to train as nurses at central hospitals should have obtained five Ordinary level passes in one sitting.
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The evening nurse assigned to Ethel June Morris was forced to curtail her assessment when the patient&#39;s condition began to deteriorate.
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Medical students could soon find themselves without medically-trained teachers, a report suggests.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The largest increase in registered nurses since the 1980s is still not enough to relieve the long-term nurse shortage crisis, according to a new study in Health Affairs.
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Michigan needs to grow its supply of nurses because the state&#39;s 143,604 licensed nurses are graying, and there&#39;s no untapped pool of nurses who can fill the gap as they retire, a survey released today concludes.
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The government is to change a new doctors' recruitment system after an outcry from the profession.
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Prosecutors dropped charges Friday against a nurse accused of failing to report bruises on a child who was later shaken to death by his foster father. The case led to an overhaul of Missouri's child-welfare system.
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The government is set to abolish the requirement for fertility clinics to consider the need for a father when deciding whether to offer IVF.
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Neonatal units in England are having to close their doors to new admissions once a week on average because of staff shortages, a watchdog says.
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The Schwarzenegger administration on Thursday proposed changes to a landmark law that limits the number of hospital patients under a nurse&#39;s care, citing a need for hospital staffing flexibility.
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NI nurses are to receive the full pay award recommended by the Independent Pay Review Body.
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Sick babies are being turned away from many neonatal units in England because of a shortage of specialist nurses and cots, a report said Wednesday.
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Where was the tender process? The Department of Health ignored procurement guidelines and pursued a back room deal with an informatics company, according to a committee of MPs.â¦
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NHS star ratings are set to be replaced by a five-level worded grading system under new proposals.
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The cost of employing temporary NHS nursing staff has soared to more than AÂ£600 million, according to a new report. Figures released by the Royal College of Nursing showed the cost had trebled within the past six years.
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An inquest into the death of nurse finds shortcomings in standards of care expected in a major teaching hospital.
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State health regulators said Thursday they were moving to revoke the license of a hospital where a patient recently died on the emergency room floor while waiting for treatment.