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The Commission on Workplace Advocacy is working to determine what can be done to retain the mature/experienced nurse in the work force and find ways to aid nurses in their transition from employment to retirement.
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In science fiction, there is an oft-repeated theme of machines rising up and taking the place of humans, leading to a battle pitting technology against life. But ask hospital executives and even frontline health care workers what technology could mean to them in the future and most will respond positively. The potential for increased efficiency, less paperwork, and more time for direct patient care could only be appealing to them.
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While many folks are having trouble finding work, many hospitals are having trouble finding employees. But while it might seem like a simple task to take out-of-work folks and slot them into jobs at hospitals, it isnt that simple. Or at least, it isnt at most facilities. But at Exempla HealthCare in Colorado, a welfare-to-work program called WorkStart has paid off in spades for the system.
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The Women's Health Initiatives was halted a year ago, but fallout
from this landmark study continues. The study was designed to identify
the risks or benefits of estrogen plus progesterone vs placebo in
healthy postmenopausal women.
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This review will provide an overview of SARS for the primary care physician, including epidemiology, etiology, review of the clinical and laboratory features as well as diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of SARS.
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Influenza Vaccination and Reduction in Hospitalizations; Screening Men
for Prostate and Colorectal Cancer; Weight Loss in CHF and Treatment
with ACE-I; Impaired Fasting Glucose vs Impaired Glucose Tolerance;
Risk Stratification in Long-QT Syndrome; EBCT, Motivation, Behavioral
Change, and Cardiovascular Risk Profile
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Health care workers may continue to be exposed to dangerous antineoplastic drugs, even if they follow recommended precautions for handling the drugs.
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Health care workers soon will be able to receive their influenza vaccines with a couple of sniffs instead of a shot in the arm.
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Fewer than half of the nations acute care hospitals have vaccinated even a single employee against smallpox, and only 235 have vaccinated a response team of at least 25 employees, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported. That means hospitals will need to consider other mechanisms to ensure bioterrorism preparedness, CDC experts said.