Nursing News and Research

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UCSF awarded grant of $2.7M for collaborative project aimed at reducing premature births

UC San Francisco has been awarded a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant of $2.7 million over three years for a collaborative project aimed at reducing premature births.

29 Jan 2014

Low levels of pro-inflammatory cytokine in brain are important for cognition

Although inflammation is frequently a cause of disease in the body, research from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio indicates that low levels of a pro-inflammatory cytokine in the brain are important for cognition. Cytokines are proteins produced by the immune system.

28 Jan 2014

Researchers develop valid humanized model for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

Researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute recently announced study findings showing the successful development of a humanized preclinical model for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), providing scientists with a much needed tool to accelerate novel therapeutic research and development.

28 Jan 2014

Staged surgery for most complex cases of childhood epilepsy

A staged approach to epilepsy surgery-with invasive brain monitoring followed by surgery in a single hospital stay-is a safe and beneficial approach to treatment for complex cases of epilepsy in children, reports the February issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

28 Jan 2014

Study provides possible clue to high rate of preterm labor after human fetal surgery

As a fetal surgeon at UC San Francisco, Tippi MacKenzie, MD, has long known that conducting surgery on a fetus to correct a problems such as spina bifida often results in preterm labor and premature birth.

28 Jan 2014

Supreme Court gives temporary exemption to nuns on contraception coverage

The Little Sisters of The Poor doesn't want to have an outside administrator for its health plan, which covers employees of their nursing facilities.

28 Jan 2014

Capella University offers online degree programs for Registered Nurses

Capella University, a regionally accredited online university* that offers online degree programs designed to help working adults advance in their careers, has announced two new educational options for Registered Nurses who want to expand their health care career options.

28 Jan 2014

NHI first quarter dividend increases to $.77 per common share

National Health Investors, Inc. announced today it will increase its first quarter dividend to $.77 per common share to shareholders of record on March 31, 2014 and payable on May 9, 2014. This represents an annualized dividend of $3.08 per common share, which is a 6.2% increase over the dividends declared for 2013.

27 Jan 2014

Electronic compendia develops new educational tool for nursing students

This e-compendium solution was also unique internationally when we launched it,» reports Atle Løkken, head of the NettOp department for web-based learning at the UiS.

27 Jan 2014

Omnicell’s Pandora business analytics solutions now available in the Middle East markets

Omnicell, Inc. (OMCL) today announced that its Pandora® business analytics solutions are now available for customers in the Middle East markets.

From Omnicell, Inc. 27 Jan 2014

MGH Institute of Health Professions proposes to add new MPAS program

MGH Institute of Health Professions plans to add a Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) program to its menu of health professions degrees beginning in May 2015.

27 Jan 2014

OB/GYN doctor receives OBHG's 2013 Physician of the Year award

In 2013 Ob Hospitalist Group launched the Founder's Award Program; a recognition program designed to honor those employees who embrace OBHG's core values, contribute to our vision of elevating the standard of women's healthcare, and share OBHG founder, Dr. Chris Swain's vision that every expectant mother receives timely, consistent, unconditional, quality medical care by a physician when presenting to the Labor and Delivery Unit. Proudly we announce the first of these awards: the 2013 Physician of the Year, and the recipient, Dr. Dalibor Hradek.

25 Jan 2014

UHS-Pruitt Corporation changes its name to PruittHealth

UHS-Pruitt Corporation announced today that, after 45 successful years, the organization has changed its name to PruittHealth, and modified its branding to achieve a more unified image for its vast array of health care services.

25 Jan 2014

Supreme Court gives nuns temporary reprieve on health law's contraceptive mandate

The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon gave an order of Roman Catholic nuns some added protection against the enforcement of a part of the Affordable Care Act, and spared them - for now - from having to file a government form in order to be exempt.

25 Jan 2014

Covidien announces financial results for first quarter of fiscal 2014

Covidien plc today announced financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2014 (October - December 2013). First-quarter net sales of $2.64 billion increased 3% from the $2.57 billion in the first quarter a year ago. Operational sales growth in the quarter was 5%, as foreign exchange rate movement lowered the quarterly sales growth rate by two percentage points.

24 Jan 2014

Moderate radiation doses can kill premalignant cells and prevent second breast cancers

Survivors of breast cancer have a one in six chance of developing breast cancer in the other breast. But a study conducted in mice suggests that survivors can dramatically reduce that risk through treatment with moderate doses of radiation to the unaffected breast at the same time that they receive radiation therapy to their affected breast.

24 Jan 2014

HHS develops national plan to prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections

Independent evaluators have found that measurable progress in reducing the rates of some targeted HAIs has been achieved under the umbrella of a national plan to prevent HAIs that was developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

24 Jan 2014

UTSA and Health Science Center receive grant to prevent substance abuse, HIV/AIDS transmission among young adults

The UTSA Institute for Health Disparities Research in the College of Liberal and Fine Arts and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Division of Community Pediatrics have been awarded $900,000 in funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) for a collaborative project between a Minority-Serving Institution and Community-Based Organization(s) to prevent and reduce Substance Abuse (SA) and HIV/AIDS transmission among young adults.

24 Jan 2014

USF Health and FORCE receive award from PCORI to develop and expand health data network

A team led by the University of South Florida (USF Health) Morsani College of Medicine and the leading national hereditary breast and ovarian cancer advocacy organization, FORCE (Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered), has received a $960,026 award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to develop and expand a health data network that will be part of PCORnet: the National Patient-Centered National Clinical Research Network.

24 Jan 2014

Scientists receive $10M grant to continue development of Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group

Duke University and the University of Colorado schools of medicine have received a $10 million grant from the National Institute for Nursing Research (NINR), part of the National Institutes of Health, to continue the development of the Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group (PCRC) over the next five years.

24 Jan 2014

Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

UCSF awarded grant of $2.7M for collaborative project aimed at reducing premature births

Low levels of pro-inflammatory cytokine in brain are important for cognition

Researchers develop valid humanized model for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

Staged surgery for most complex cases of childhood epilepsy

Study provides possible clue to high rate of preterm labor after human fetal surgery

Supreme Court gives temporary exemption to nuns on contraception coverage

Capella University offers online degree programs for Registered Nurses

NHI first quarter dividend increases to $.77 per common share

Electronic compendia develops new educational tool for nursing students

Omnicell’s Pandora business analytics solutions now available in the Middle East markets

MGH Institute of Health Professions proposes to add new MPAS program

OB/GYN doctor receives OBHG's 2013 Physician of the Year award

UHS-Pruitt Corporation changes its name to PruittHealth

Supreme Court gives nuns temporary reprieve on health law's contraceptive mandate

Covidien announces financial results for first quarter of fiscal 2014

Moderate radiation doses can kill premalignant cells and prevent second breast cancers

HHS develops national plan to prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections

UTSA and Health Science Center receive grant to prevent substance abuse, HIV/AIDS transmission among young adults

USF Health and FORCE receive award from PCORI to develop and expand health data network

Scientists receive $10M grant to continue development of Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group

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