ADVANCE for Nurses

AACN Issues 'Practice Alert' on Aspirations in Tube-Fed ICU Patients

February 4, 2012

BAYADA Home Health Care Acquires Nursefinders Home Care

February 1, 2012

BAYADA Home Health Care, a provider of home health care services to people of all ages, announced the acquisition of Nursefinders Home Care, an AMN Healthcare Company.

As part of the acquisition, 16 Nursefinders Home Care offices will transition to BAYADA Home Health Care in AZ, CA, CO, HI, NJ, NM, OK, PA and TX. The acquisition will not affect Nursefinders Home Care's 19 franchise locations in other states.

"As we welcome N

Bayada Home Health Care Acquires Nursefinders Home Care

February 2, 2012

BAYADA Home Health Care, a provider of home health care services to people of all ages, announced the acquisition of Nursefinders Home Care, an AMN Healthcare Company.

"As we welcome Nursefinders Home Care to the BAYADA

Cost of Hiring New Nurses

February 6, 2012

This article appeared Jan. 31 in the online edition of ADVANCE.

1. American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2011). Nursing shortage. Retrieved on January 27, 2012, from the World Wide Web: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/media-relations/fact-sheets/nursing-shortage
2. Hiring more nurses save money in the long run. (2009). Healthcare Risk Management, 31(11), 128-129.

Critical-Care Nurses, Elsevier Launch Interactive Pharmacology Course

February 7, 2012

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) and Elsevier | MC Strategies announced the launch of AACN: Critical Care Pharmacology.

The comprehensive, evidence-based online nursing course is designed to help nurses further develop their competencies in the safe administration of medications commonly used in critical care.

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2. Chilton Hospital. (2011, August). HQSI/NJDHS

Getting to the Core

By Kathy Hoffman, BSN, RN, PCCN — February 3, 2012
Achieving 100 percent compliance with heart failure accountability measures is a journey.

Have a Little Faith

February 1, 2012

I know you've heard of the books Tuesdays With Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven, written by bestselling author Mitch Albom. If you've read these two books - and even if you haven't - I encourage you to add Albom's uplifting book Have a Little Faith to your reading list.

Henry Covington was a Detr

Hunger Games

February 1, 2012
The Hunger Games began as a book targeted at the teen population, but since it's release in 2008, it's become popular for adults and teens alike.

Acclaimed writer Suzanne Collins delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in this searing novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to our present. The first in a trilogy, T

Joplin Tornado Talk of Emergency Management Planning Conference

February 5, 2012

LPN Mobility Program

By Frank Visco — February 7, 2012
Rasmussen College expands opportunities with its LPN-to-RN bridge programs.

Mapping Melanoma

By A. Trevor Sutton — February 1, 2012
Unique role provides nurses with a firsthand look at finding and treating melanoma.

Most Nurses Spend 25 Percent of Shift on Indirect Care, Study Finds

February 3, 2012

San Diego-New Mobile Vet Center to be Deployed in San Diego

February 1, 2012

The Department of Veterans Affairs has deployed 20 additional Mobile Vet Centers to increase access to readjustment counseling services for veterans and their families in underserved communities across the country, including San Diego.

The customized vehicles - which are equipped with confidential counseling space and a state of the art communication package - travel to communities to extend VA's reach to veterans, servicemembers and their

Six Hospitals Earn NDNQI Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality

February 1, 2012

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital decreased its rates of patient falls by 33 percent and pressure ulcers acquired by patients during a hospital stay by 60 percent over 3 years.

The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital increased its percentage of registered nurses with national certification in rehabilitation from 8 percent to 56 percent between 2004 and 2011.

What do they have in common?

Both participate in the American Nurses Association's National Database of Nursing

Study Ties Elevated Glucose Levels to Undetected Heart Damage

February 6, 2012

A study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore suggests hyperglycemia injures the heart, even in patients without a history of heart disease or diabetes.

Researchers found elevated levels of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), a marker for chronic hyperglycemia and diabetes, were associated with minute levels of the protein troponin T (cTnT), a blood marker for heart damage.

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Study Ties Elevated Glucose Levels to Undetected Heart Damage

February 6, 2012

A study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore suggests hyperglycemia injures the heart, even in patients without a history of heart disease or diabetes.

Researchers found elevated levels of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), a marker for chronic hyperglycemia and diabetes, were associated with minute levels of the protein troponin T (cTnT), a blood marker for heart damage.

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Tampa General Hospital

February 3, 2012
Facility recognized by HIMSS for Stage 6 electronic medical record implementation.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

February 1, 2012
Enter a world of drama, suspense, murder and mystery