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Cornwall nurses face re-banding threat
Nurses and midwives in Cornwall are considering industrial action over a proposed downgrading of nursing posts affecting sisters and charge nurses.
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - April 26, 2011 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
RN Staffing Affects Patient Success After Discharge
Higher non-overtime staffing levels of registered nurses lower the probability of patient readmissions to the hospital, a new study finds. However, higher levels of RN overtime increase the likelihood of unplanned visits to emergency departments after discharge. "The study clearly documents for nurse managers and hospital administrators that staffing decisions have consequences for patient outcomes," said study author Marianne Weiss, an associate professor at Marquette University College of Nursing...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 26, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
Instruction for Midwives Lowers Death Rate for Newborns in Zambia
Source: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development -
Related MedlinePlus Page: International Health
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - April 25, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Instruction for midwives lowers death rate for newborns in Zambia
An inexpensive instructional program to teach routine newborn care skills to midwives in Zambia resulted in a substantial reduction in the death rate of infants in the first week of life, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - April 25, 2011 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Celebrating the Essential Work of Midwives - 19 April 2011
From time immemorial, women have helped other women through the dangerous passage of childbirth. Today, equipped with medical skills, medicines, equipment and knowledge, trained midwives can save nearly all women who experience complications of delivery – or make timely referrals to a higher level of care.
Source: UNFPA News - April 25, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
It's time to start planning for the rest of my century | Rachel Cooke
The news that 11 million of us are going to reach our 100th birthdays seems to be a cause for gloom for someThe pattern of life is changing. A fortnight ago, I went to a wedding. The bride was 42, the groom was 55 and neither of them had been married before. No one glossed over these facts, least of all the bride. In her speech, she referred to the fine example of her parents' marriage, which has now lasted more than 40 years, and then she said, wryly: "Actually, I hope we won't be married that long. If we are, my husband will be the oldest man in Britain." Needless to say, her audience laughed. It was a funny line an...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 23, 2011 Category: Science Authors: Rachel Cooke Tags: Ageing Science Society UK news The Observer Comment Comment is free Source Type: news
Celebrating the Essential Work of Midwives - 19 April 2011
From time immemorial, women have helped other women through the dangerous passage of childbirth. Today, equipped with medical skills, medicines, equipment and knowledge, trained midwives can save nearly all women who experience complications of delivery – or make timely referrals to a higher level of care.
Source: UNFPA News - April 22, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
NMC chair given honorary degree
Nursing and Midwifery Council chair Tony Hazell is to receive an honorary degree from the University of Wolverhampton today.
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - April 21, 2011 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Northern Lincolnshire reconfigures community midwife service
A new system of post-natal care will be established in North East Lincolnshire from next month, which will largely see the end of home visits.
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - April 21, 2011 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
GPs still first port of call for pregnant women
Women still opt to see their GP, rather than a midwife, when they first discover they are pregnant, a DoH report has found.
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - April 20, 2011 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Pilot Health Scheme For Ex-offenders Extended - Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust
A pilot scheme which helps ex-offenders to get health checks, has been extended in Liverpool. Nurses from the prison health care service part of Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust, have been working with the Probation Office in Old Swan, giving ex-offenders a health screening programme to identify who needs further treatment. Healthcare bosses decided to introduce the service after recognising that offenders often find it difficult to access health services and untreated physical and mental health problems are often barriers to successful rehabilitation...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 20, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
Regulator Finds Maternity Services At Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Failing To Meet Essential Standards, UK
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust that it is failing to comply with essential standards of quality and safety and that it must make improvements. Queen's Hospital, part of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, is located in Romford and provides maternity services, for women including those who have high risk pregnancies. The CQC carried out this review because the trust was registered on condition that it improve staffing for maternity and midwifery services...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 20, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Celebrating the Essential Work of Midwives - 19 April 2011
From time immemorial, women have helped other women through the dangerous passage of childbirth. Today, equipped with medical skills, medicines, equipment and knowledge, trained midwives can save nearly all women who experience complications of delivery – or make timely referrals to a higher level of care.
Source: UNFPA News - April 20, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Can you trust your midwife to keep your baby safe? This couple lost their son after a series of horrific errors
Last week, figures revealed Britain has one of the highest rates in Europe of stillborn babies — and poor NHS maternity care was found to play a part in 600 cases each year.
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 18, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Government response to PM's commission branded 'too little, too late'
Senior nurses have criticised the government for its “insufficient” response to the Prime Minister’s Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery.
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - April 18, 2011 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
YOUR questions answered by the One Born Every Minute midwife team...
We are hooked on One Born Every Minute! So we asked YOU to send in your questions, for the midwife team to answer...
Source: Gurgle - April 18, 2011 Category: Consumer Health Advice Tags: Guide To : Labour and Birth Source Type: news
Uganda: Midwife Shortage Costing Millions of Lives - Report
The global shortage of midwives is causing at least 1 million deaths among women and children every year, Save the Children said in a new report.
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - April 18, 2011 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Sutter Roseville, Auburn Faith RNs Approve New Contract
Protect Benefits, Win Gains in Patient Care Registered nurses at Sutter Health hospitals in Roseville and Auburn have overwhelmingly voted to ratify new three year agreements that provide for important gains in patient protections, and compensation, while protecting the nurses' health coverage and retirement security, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced recently. The new collective bargaining agreement affects some 850 RNs at Sutter Roseville Medical Center and 250 at Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 18, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
Nurses Welcome Government's New Trade Policy, Australia
The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) has welcomed the Gillard Government's free trade announcement saying it will continue to protect Australia's fundamental social and health systems such as the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). The ANF said today the new policy continues to pursue the economic benefits of trade with other countries, while maintaining the protection of Australia's own trade interests. The ANF welcomes a number of significant initiatives which we believe which will liberalise trade laws and lead to greater transparency in Australia's international trade policy...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 15, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
Domestic Violence And Pregnancy
Does experience of violence affect a woman's labour during delivery? And how do midwives in maternity care deal with the issue of violence against pregnant women? These are questions that Hafrún Finnbogadóttir, a researcher at Malmö University in Sweden, has studied. She is now presenting her findings in a licentiate thesis. Domestic violence, especially violence against pregnant women, is still a shameful subject. This is despite the fact that it is a severe public health issue which threatens both the mother-to-be and the unborn child's health outcomes...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 15, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Source Type: news
Domestic violence and pregnancy
Does experience of violence affect a woman's labor during delivery? And how do midwives in maternity care deal with the issue of violence against pregnant women? These are questions that area addressed in new research from Sweden.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 14, 2011 Category: Science Source Type: news
Canadian Association Of Midwives Calls On All Federal Political Parties To Include Midwifery In Their Health Care Platforms
The Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) is calling on all political parties to fully support the regulation and expansion of sustainable, publicly funded midwifery services in all provinces and territories. "As the national organization representing midwives and the profession of midwifery in Canada", said Ms. Anne Wilson, CAM President, "our mission is to provide leadership and advocacy for midwifery as a regulated, publicly funded and vital part of the primary maternity care system in all provinces and territories...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 14, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
MSNA Nurses Vote To Authorize Second Strike - EMMC Still Not Committed To Patient Safety
Registered nurses at Eastern Maine Medical Center voted Tuesday night to authorize a second strike if management continues to ignore patient safety issues at the Medical Center. "The nurses' vote yesterday represents our continued commitment to patient safety at EMMC. Our priority is for EMMC to provide this community with an appropriately staffed hospital," said Judy Brown, RN and president of Unit 1, the local union that represents the nurses at EMMC. "Nurses want EMMC to follow their own staffing plans which includes staffing by acuity (patient need)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 14, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
Stillbirth rate in UK one of Europe's highest, Lancet finds
Report says many of 4,000 babies stillborn each year could be saved with increase in awareness and researchAround 4,000 babies die unexpectedly in the last months of pregnancy or during labour every year in the UK – one of the highest rates of stillbirth in Europe, according to a major new series of reports by the Lancet.The medical journal also explodes the popular assumption that a stillborn baby had something wrong with it and "was never meant to be". In fact, only 5% of the 2.6 million babies stillborn worldwide in 2009 had a congenital abnormality.Even in the UK, stillbirth is a risk for healthy women with normal pr...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 13, 2011 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley Tags: Health Society Medical research NHS Science World news UK news & wellbeing The Guardian Source Type: news
UK third highest for stillbirth rates in high-income countries
The Lancet says 2.6 million stillbirths happen a year globallyRelated items from OnMedicaStaff shortages are preventing midwives from improving safetyEffective alternative for emergency contraceptionWomen are taking risks for overseas fertility treatmentCommon treatments for infertility don’t workPolycystic ovarian syndrome
Source: OnMedica Latest News - April 13, 2011 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Lack Of Specialist Nurses Affects Patients Care, Wales
Patients risk being forced into hospital due to short-sighted cuts to specialist services, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) warned today. An RCN survey has identified that trusts and Local Health Boards (LHBs) in Wales are slashing crucial specialist nursing care for sufferers of conditions such as cancer, diabetes and multiple sclerosis. The RCN is calling for Trusts to heed "compelling evidence" of savings as high as £23 for every pound spent, and invest in nurse-led schemes that keep people out of hospital, save money and improve patient care...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 13, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
ANA Joins Partnership For Patients
The American Nurses Association (ANA), the nation's largest nursing organization, is proud to join Partnership for Patients, a coalition of hospitals, providers, patient advocates, employers and state and federal officials dedicated to creating a safer, higher quality health care system. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Director Donald Berwick announced the partnership at an event today...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 13, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
Indiana Public Health Nurse Wins ANA Immunity Award For Leadership Of Mandatory School Immunization Program
When the state of Indiana issued a mandate to ensure that all middle and high school students were immunized against certain vaccine-preventable diseases for the 2010-2011 school year, Montgomery County (IN) public health nurse Rebecca Lang, BSN, RNC, knew she would be in demand...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 13, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
Future of nursing and midwifery in England
The report of the Prime Minister’s Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery in England.
Source: NHS Networks - April 12, 2011 Category: UK Health Authors: maxford Source Type: news
The Government's response to the recommendations in front line care
Source: Department of Health (DH)
Area: News
The 'Front Line Care' report contains 20 recommendations, clustered into seven themes, on the future of nursing and midwifery in England. The Government has issued its response to these recommendations - please see the link below for details.
Source: NeLM - News - April 12, 2011 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
RCN figures suggest around half of NHS jobs at risk of being cut are clinical
Source: BMJ
Area: News
According to a report by the British Medical Journal (BMJ), the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has published new figures suggesting that almost half of the NHS posts under threat of being cut in the next few years are front-line staff. An analysis of 21 NHS trusts found that of 9,650 posts that could be cut, 54% are clinical posts, including doctors, consultants, nurses, midwives, and health visitors.
The NHS Chief Executive David Nicholson has disputed these findings, saying that NHS workforce census data show an increase in the number of nurses.
Source: NeLM - News - April 12, 2011 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Government Responds To Frontline Care Report, UK
A response to a series of recommendations made by the PM Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery was published today by Health Minister Anne Milton. Frontline Care: The report of the Prime Minister's Commission on the future of Nursing and Midwifery in England was commissioned by the previous administration and published on 2 March 2010. The 20 recommendations made by the Commission covered issues such as how nurses and midwives could improve safety, high quality care and more freedom to manage, commission and run their own services...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 12, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
'We Will Stand Up, We Will Fight, And Be Heard', Says Nurses' Leader, UK
In his keynote speech at the Royal College of Nursing's (RCN) annual Congress in Liverpool, Dr Peter Carter told around 2,000 nurses: "Our message is simple: no more taking advantage of your good will. No more treating your terms and conditions like they don't matter. And no more financial pressures put on your bank balance - this has to stop and stop now." "We will stand up, we will fight and we will be heard." Reflecting nurses' anger about the newly-implemented public sector two-year pay freeze and attacks on pensions and incremental pay, he said: "Enough is enough...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 11, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
National Health Shock As Axe Hits Clinical Staff, UK
The protection of NHS frontline patient care and services was exposed as a myth today, as the Royal College of Nursing revealed shocking new evidence at its annual Congress that clinical posts now comprise more than half of NHS cuts (54 per cent). Thousands of nurses and other clinical staff are facing the axe in coming years, despite the Coalition Government saying that NHS frontline patient services would be immune from cuts. The RCN warned that cutting frontline posts could have 'catastrophic consequences on patient safety and care'...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 11, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
Nurses Struggle As Staffing Pressures Bite, Says Royal College Of Nursing, UK
Nurses are propping up the NHS by consistently working in excess of their contracted hours and providing last minute shift cover. Findings from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), released on the eve of its annual Congress, raise serious concerns for patient care as only a minority (17 per cent) of nurses reported having good staffing levels where they work. The survey of 2,000 UK nurses, conducted by ICM Research for the RCN, looked at the pressures on staffing in the NHS...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 11, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
U.S. Nursing Schools Transform Master's Education By Adopting New Standards Reflecting Contemporary Nursing Practice
In a bold move to transform nursing education at the graduate level, nursing schools affiliated with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) voted at the Spring Annual Meeting to endorse The Essentials of Master's Education in Nursing, a set of national standards for preparing nurses to have a high impact in the healthcare environment...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 8, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
In their own words: How does MOTECH Ghana help Ghanaian mothers?
Source: Jason Hahn, Grameen Foundation Content: “In Jessica’s last post she discussed how MOTECH Ghana helps nurses manage their work and care for patients. In this post I’d like to explain a bit more about the services MOTECH Ghana offers, through the Mobile Midwife application, to pregnant and new mothers and their family members [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - April 8, 2011 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Alert Health Information mHealth SMS Source Type: news
Lansley questioned over response to PM's Commission
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has pledged to publish a response to the Prime Minister’s Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery during the “pause” in the government’s reform agenda.
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - April 7, 2011 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
New Study Provides Evidence-Based Strategies To Guide Implementation Of Transitional Care Under The Affordable Care Act
A new study, conducted by Ellen Kurtzman, R.N., M.P.H., FAAN, assistant research professor in the GW School of Nursing, and colleagues, published in the April 2011 issue of Health Affairs, highlights the importance of transitional care in reaching the goals of health reform, and provides evidence-based strategies to guide its implementation. "Our study revealed nearly a dozen interventions that have demonstrated some positive affect on hospital readmissions, a key focus of health reform," said Kurtzman...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 7, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
Help for nurses to spot sexual abuse
Nurses and midwives will be able to benefit from a new scheme to help health professionals spot sexual abuse in children and adults.
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - April 6, 2011 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
RCN Welcomes Health Select Committee Report On Commissioning, UK
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) welcomed the Health Committee's report 'Commissioning: Further Issues', which recommended that nurses should be represented and involved on all local commissioning boards. RCN Chief Executive & General Secretary, Dr Peter Carter said: "Today's report chimes with the RCN's evidence to the Health Committee. We have long said that no single profession can have sole responsibility for commissioning healthcare, and without a mix of health care professionals - including nurses - we believe that the new model of commissioning will fail...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 6, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
CCRN-E Certification Designed For Growing Number Of Acute And Critical Care Nurses Who Work In Tele-ICUs
AACN Certification Corporation launches the initial certification exam for nurses who work in tele-ICUs, also known as remote or virtual intensive care units. Successful exam completion results in the CCRN-E credential. CCRN-E, an extension of the CCRN certification program for acute and critical care, represents the first credential designed for tele-ICU nurses. Eligibility for the exam requires nursing experience in a tele-ICU or a combination of direct bedside and tele-ICU practice hours...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 5, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news
Pioneering midwife awarded Casey Award
Source: St. Michael's Hospital News and Media - April 5, 2011 Category: Hospital Management Tags: Hospital News Jay MacGillivray Casey House Awards Source Type: news
Boy, 12, left with cerebral palsy after midwife blunder awarded £8m after 10-year court battle
Nathan Humphries from Kidsgrove was left with cerebral palsy after midwives at North Staffordshire Hospital failed to react to his mother's high blood pressure.
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 4, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New midwifery and womens health adviser joins the RCN
The Royal College of Nursing has appointed Carmel Bagness to the position of RCN Adviser for Midwifery and Womens Health.
Source: Royal College of Nursing - UK- National News - April 4, 2011 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Ob-Gyns And Midwives Seek To Improve Health Care For Women And Their Newborns
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) and The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (The College) are pleased to announce the publication of a new "Joint Statement of Practice Relations between Obstetrician-Gynecologists and Certified Nurse-Midwives/Certified Midwives." The landmark document highlights key principles to facilitate improved communication, working relationships, and seamlessness in the provision of maternity care and other vital women's health services...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 4, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Source Type: news
A few midwives can save many lives
In the developing world, more than 1,000 mothers and 2,000 newborn babies die each day from preventable birth complications.
Source: Health Facts and Fears - April 3, 2011 Category: Consumer Health Advice Tags: Blogs Source Type: news
Report says more midwives needed worldwide
LONDON, April 1 (UPI) -- A global shortage of midwives means one in three women worldwide gives birth without the benefit of expert help, a report by a U.K. charity says.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - April 1, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
