Tag: nursing
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LaRue County High School collaborates with university and nursing home to offer nurse-aide training course
Fifteen students at LaRue County High School have signed up for a new nurse’s aide class offered in coordination with Campbellsville University and a local nursing home through which students...
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Infections, other safety issues plague hospitals, maybe more so when nursing is cut; here’s a good series on it
The Centers for Disease Control has reported that nearly 1 million patient-safety incidents, including infections that patients acquired in hospitals, occurred among Medicare patients over the years 2006, 2007, 2008....
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More hospital-acquired infections are reported in patients cared for nurses who are overworked, study finds
Getty Images stock photo. Overworked nurses dealing with heavy patient loads are associated with increases in hospital-acquired infections, say researchers with the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at...
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Electronic health records are helping nurses provide better care, big study finds
Electronic health records are helping nurses get better health outcomes and are improving nursing care, the first big study on the subject has found. The study conducted by the University...
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Nurse practitioners endorse new plan to fight prescription drug abuse, ask to be on board that will recommend standards
UPDATE, Oct. 14: Gov. Steve Beshear’s executive order did not create a slot for advance-practice registered nurses on the advisory council, which will have representatives appointed by Beshear and nominated...
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Foundation matches Social Innovation Fund money to create grants for improving health services in seven Kentucky counties
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky today announced four equal Social Innovation Fund grants totaling $1 million to improve access to health services, reduce health risks and disparities, and promote health equity...
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Musical reminder fights bed sores in nursing homes
Ten Kentucky nursing homes are using music to cue health care workers when patients with bed sores need to be moved. Laura Ungar of The Courier-Journal reports that a burst...