Current Headlines

61. Centinela Hospital RNs Approve Ground-Breaking New Pact
    12/19/2012

    Registered nurses at Centinela Hospital in Inglewood, Calif. have enthusiastically approved a new agreement that most notably includes a precedent-setting needlestick and workplace violence insurance benefit funded by the employer, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced today. More than 600 RNs represented by CNA/NNU overwhelmingly voted to accept the pact in ratification membership meetings held on Wednesday and Thursday

62. Ansell Inspires Healthy-Ever-After With New Allergy Awareness Campaign
    12/17/2012

    With 1 in 3 nurses suffering from hand dermatitis, Ansell has launched a new allergy campaign to spread the word among health practitioners about allergies in the workplace, specifically Type IV chemical allergies

63. Elsevier Australia Launches New Online CPD Site For Nurses
    12/13/2012

    Elsevier Australia has launched Nursepoint CPD, a comprehensive online platform to help nurses manage mandatory Continuing Professional Development training

64. Centinela Hospital Medical Center Agrees To Precedent-Setting Pact With California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
    12/11/2012

    Award-winning Centinela Hospital Medical Center is pleased to announce today a precedent-setting labor agreement with the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

65. NCSBN Launches Nursys® e-Notify
    12/5/2012

    The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN®), www.ncsbn.org, announces the launch of Nursys® e-Notify, the national nurse licensure notification system that automatically delivers licensure and publicly available discipline data directly to employers as the data is entered into the Nursys® database by U.S. boards of nursing (BONs)

66. Travel Nurse Across America Receives Recertification From The Joint Commission
    12/4/2012

    Travel Nurse across America, a privately owned national healthcare staffing company, announced today they have been awarded recertification of the Gold Seal of Approval for healthcare staffing services from the Joint Commission effective November 15, 2012

67. MetroWest Medical Center/Leonard Morse Nurses Picket Today To Call For Safer Staffing Levels To Ensure Quality Patient Care
    11/19/2012

    The registered nurses of MetroWest Medical Center's Leonard Morse Hospital campus conducted an informational picket in front of the Natick-based facility today to call for desperately needed improvements in patient care conditions at this for-profit community hospital

68. Oncology Nursing Society Selects Schoology To Enhance The Continuing Education Of Its Members
    11/19/2012

    Schoology, the leading cloud-based, collaborative learning platform for K-20 classrooms, today announced that the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) has selected the Schoology platform as its preferred Learning Management System (LMS)

69. Jeron’s Provider® 790 Nurse Call Automates Workflow And Delivers Hospital-Wide Patient Care Efficiencies
    11/11/2012

    Today Myles Cochran, Marketing Director at Jeron Electronic Systems, announced the workflow application options for the company’s Provider® 790 hospital nurse call communications system

70. Rheumatology Nursing Officially Recognized As A Nursing Specialty
    11/10/2012

    On November 9th, 2012 the American Nurses Association Board of Directors announced itsrecognition of rheumatology nursing as a nursing specialty, approval of the rheumatology nursing scope of practice statement, and acknowledgment of the standards of practice for rheumatology Registered Nurses (RNs) and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) in rheumatology