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91. Certification Board Honors Emergency Nursing With Awards, Scholarships
    9/15/2012

    The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing(BCEN®) honored the extraordinary efforts of two individuals and one emergency center for their efforts in promoting the value of the certification process in emergency nursing

92. Rutgers College Of Nursing Selects CareOne For Clinical Training And Education; Nursing Students To Learn From CareOne Nursing Leaders
    9/13/2012

    CareOne – A Senior Care Company will partner with the Rutgers College of Nursing to provide clinical training and education for 3rd year nursing students, CareOne announced today. Rutgers University nursing students will rotate throughout CareOne's family of sub-acute rehabilitation, long-term care and assisted living centers in New Jersey for the upcoming semester

93. American Psychiatric Nurses Association Celebrates National Recovery Month And National Wellness Week With Free Continuing Education On Psychopharmacology And Recovery
    9/13/2012

    The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is offering the CNE podcast, Recovery Perspectives on Medication, at no cost to APNA members during September in support of National Recovery Month. In conjunction with this member benefit, the session will be offered for free to everyone during National Wellness Week, September 17th through 23rd

94. ANCC And ENA Announce New Portfolio
    9/12/2012

    The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) recently announced a new portfolio credential for Emergency Nurse Practitioners. This new credential, announced at ENA’s annual conference in San Diego, will help validate emergency nurse practitioners’ unique knowledge and skills. ANCC supports ENA members and all emergency nurse practitioners in their pursuit to be recognized for excellence in their specialty area

95. Nurse Practitioner Helps Parents Fight The Battle Against ‘Super Lice’ On Long Island
    9/7/2012

    When Melissa Levin's family contracted head lice approximately 9 years ago, she went into an all-out panic. "I thought you could just go to the store and buy an over-the-counter shampoo and it would be gone. I used the shampoo and was horrified to find that there were still live bugs walking around on my children's heads!", says Melissa, a certified family nurse practitioner

96. Traveling Nurses To Benefit Under The New Healthcare Reform Says Travel Nurse Across America
    9/7/2012

    Travel Nurse Across America http://www.nurse.tvbelieves the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), will positively affect traveling nurses and the healthcare industry. Along with other Healthcare Staffing Agencies, Travel Nurse Across America is assessing how the Act will impact contingent labor, hospital clients and the company

97. CNA Certification Classes Connect Students With Certified Nursing Assistant Training
    9/6/2012

    Becoming a certified nursing assistant (CNA) can be one of the most rewarding of careers. Providing assistance to members of the nursing staff, CNAs perform tasks that make it easier for nurses and doctors to perform the more vital functions, thus providing better care for the patient all-around

98. Health Care Executive Develops Evidence-Based Staffing Tool To Enhance Current Nurse Staffing System
    9/5/2012

    Nurses represent the largest proportion of direct health care providers and an under- or over-staffed unit could have major implications for quality of patient care, costs, patient satisfaction and nurse job retention - that is, until one health care executive identified a solution for a gap she detected in the IT industry's collective offering of nursing scheduling solutions.

99. Nurse Leader Resistance Perceived As A Barrier To High-Quality, Evidence-Based Patient Care
    8/29/2012

    A new national survey of more than 1,000 registered nurses suggests that serious barriers - including resistance from nursing leaders - prevent nurses from implementing evidence-based practices that improve patient outcomes.

100. Registered Nurses Provide Immunizations At Walmart Stores Nationwide
     8/23/2012

     Walmart announced today the launch of expanded immunizations in more than 2,700 Walmart stores. In collaboration with Mollen Immunization Clinics, ten of the CDC-recommendedimmunizations will be offered, including vaccinations for shingles and whooping cough, at events taking place from Aug. 27 through Nov. 15