In Celebration of Florence Nightingale: 2010 as The Year of the Nurse

In Celebration of Florence Nightingale: 2010 as The Year of the Nurse

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This year has been designated as the 2010 International Year of the Nurse, in remembrance and celebration of the pioneering and visionary work of Florence Nightingale, who died 100 years ago. Nightingale lived until the age of 90 years, dedicating her life to nursing and health care. Known as “the lady with the lamp,” attending to and caring for victims of the Crimean War, Nightingale was also an environmentalist and a statistician.

Journal of Professional Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 4, July-August 2010, Pages 197-198

Returning to school: The challenges of the licensed practical nurse-to-registered nurse transition student

Returning to school: The challenges of the licensed practical nurse-to-registered nurse transition student

Licensed practical nurses (LPNs) play a vital role in the provision of health care but have limited career mobility. Completing the LPN-to-RN transition option provides expanded opportunities and meets the need for increased registered nurses (RN). Returning to school presents many challenges, and this study reports the issues faced by students at a mid-Atlantic community college. Identifying challenges faced by this student population can increase the faculty understanding of their unique educational needs.

Teaching and Learning in Nursing

Volume 5, Issue 3, July 2010, Pages 125-128

Careful with that axe

Careful with that axe

If there is any noise more irritating than the vuvuzelas afflicting the world cup, it is so-called experts sounding off about how many public sector jobs need to be axed so the country can pay off its debts. Various think tanks seem to have entered into a bidding war in which they compete to come up with the highest number, and nursing posts are now considered fair game for cuts.
Nursing Standard Issue: Volume 24(42), 23 June 2010, p 1

Are there rewards for language skills? Evidence from the earnings of registered nurses

Are there rewards for language skills? Evidence from the earnings of registered nurses

Employing data from the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses in 2000 and 2004, this study reexamines the positive bilingual–earnings relationship found in the most current research on this topic. We test the relationship using alternative models that explain the wages earned by nurses.

The need for best practice in catheterization

The need for best practice in catheterization

Catheterization is a common procedure undertaken hundreds of times every day in a variety of healthcare settings. It is estimated that approximately 25% of the 9 million adults treated by the NHS every year will be catheterized at some point (Nazarko, 2009). The majority of these catheterizations are performed by nurses and nursing students. As this is such a common procedure, it is very easy to become complacent and blasé, yet this is one of the most intimate procedures that we, as nurses, can carry out.

All corners of the UK braced for budget cuts

All corners of the UK braced for budget cuts

Nursing Standard

Issue: Volume 24(41), 16 June 2010, p 13

The NHS is preparing for challenging times ahead across the UK.
Last month, Northern Ireland health minister Michael McGimpsey warned NHS staff that they will be under considerable pressure, with £111 million worth of savings to be made this year.
He has scrapped waiting maximum times for some surgical procedures, stating that some patients will have to wait for up to 36 weeks.
The Department of Health in England says it is unable to give details of cuts until the emergency budget is revealed next week. However, health secretary Andrew Lansley has suggested that the savings needed may be higher than the predicted £20 billion by 2014.
The Welsh assembly government says no plans can be made until the autumn spending review. It is expected the Welsh budget will be reduced by 3 per cent.

Sickle Cell Disease Management in the Emergency Department

Sickle Cell Disease Management in the Emergency Department: What Every Emergency Nurse Should Know:

In 2004, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported that nearly 80% of the 80,000 hospital admissions for acute sickle cell disease (SCD) began their course in the emergency department.