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Health Care in the NewsArticles in AbstractJune 11-12, 2008 in Denver, Colorado. The 6th National Conference of Nursing Workforce Leaders present "Effective Retention Throughout the Career Continuum" Conference Announcement, flyer Aurora Medical Center technologist honored with 2008 Pride awardSheboygan Press, Sheboygan, WI, USA, May 14 Hospital Association (WHA) is designed to celebrate the health care workforce and recognize their "truly amazing" contributions to the health of their communities, according to WHA ... Endowed professorship aids nursing programLas Cruces Sun-News - Las Cruces, NM, USA, May 14 "High-quality nurse educators are needed to shape their students into high - nurses. We are proud to partner with NMSU in recruiting and retaining ... Goodwill workers pitching in to support public health servicesBizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC, USA, May 14 This information, she says, is accessed by some 900 health care providers who need the most current data. "We do a lot of entry of immunization information ... Nursing leads the way in revolutionizing patience careKingston This Week - Ontario, Canada, May 14 In fact, it is a profession that is leading the way in revolutionizing patient care. Representing over one-third of the total health-care workforce in ... Remote area health targetedBathhurst Western Advocate - Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, May 13 Some $2.5 million will be set aside for clinical placement scholarships for allied health professionals, in addition to the commitment to deliver 10000 ... Arthur Labatt family gift honored with naming of nursing schoolWestern News - London, Ontario, Canada, May 12 The University of Western Ontario is renaming its School of Nursing to honour a generous gift from Arthur Labatt and his family. State's nurse shortage no longer criticalStockton Record - Stockton, CA, USA, May 10 We get the same money for English courses," said Rodriguez, indicating that additional grants from the county's health care community are critical to the ... Healthy boost in new nurses graduating in stateSan Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA, May 10 California nursing programs are projected to graduate nearly 10400 registered nurses this year - a 68 percent increase since the 2003-04 academic year, ... Health Care Workforce Unprepared for Aging Baby-boomersNew California Media - San Francisco, CA, USA, May 9 Unless measures are taken to bolster the health care workforce, quality of life for seniors and even life expectancies may decline. ... Making Med Schools More DiverseCampus Progress - Washington, DC, USA, May 6 This is one of the reasons minorities are underrepresented in the physician workforce. One of the most important elements of comprehensive medical care is ... Remedy our shortage of nurses
By Michael V. Relf and Elizabeth Wykpisz The 2.9 million registered nurses in the United States provide clinical care in home and hospital settings. IOM Warns of Shortfalls in the Workforce That Will Provide Care to ...Psychiatric Services (subscription) - USA, May 5 Although this population surge has been foreseen for decades, the education and training of the health care workforce with respect to the needs of older ... Insufficient number of faculty adds to ongoing lack of nursing staffAsbury Park Press - Asbury Park, NJ, USA, May 2 Recognizing the nursing-shortage crisis and the need for more nurse educators, hospitals and universities are relying on help from unconventional sources ... Health Careers In Focus at Gulf High SchoolTampa Tribune - Tampa, FL, USA, April 29 Ideally, the program is for students who have potential and an interest in health care but may not have had much focus or recognition so far in their ... Looming Workforce Shortage Pressures Long Term Care Costs ...Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA, April 29 This year the survey adds adult day health care findings. The most comprehensive cost analysis in the industry, it surveys three times the number of ... Raising the medical barDaily - University of Washington - Seattle, WA, USA, April 29 Yet the program may alleviate nursing shortages by providing training for nurse educators. Some say a large part of the nursing shortage is due to a lack of ... A mountain to climb for elderly careThe Herald - Glasgow, Scotland, UK, April 29 There is a need for workforce planning to address growing needs for staff in future, to ensure quality of care does not suffer. Councils received an extra ... Well-trained workers key to the equationThe Tennessean - Nashville, TN, USA, April 28 The legislation would create a Health and Long-Term Care Workforce Advisory Panel. Addressing these issues must also incorporate new models of care that are ... Geriatric jittersToledo Blade - Toledo, OH, USA, April 27 In a strikingly frank assessment of what awaits retiring boomers, the Institute of Medicine report said the health-care workforce is utterly unprepared to ... Aging of population, physicians spells troubleSun Shopper - Prescott, AZ, USA, April 26 That fact alone, say the experts, threatens to overwhelm and sink any chance at meaningful health care reform nationwide. Meanwhile, the number of ... A doctor and a nurse, all in one packageMinneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis, MN, USA, April 26 As the health care system gets more complex, a new kind of hybrid practitioner is beginning to work at your local clinic. By CHEN MAY YEE, Star Tribune Anne ... Grant to fund health care training for more than 800The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland, OH, USA, April 24 A $2.5 million grant from the government will help train more than 800 Greater Cleveland students and workers for jobs in the growing health care field. ... Glenwood Springs area hospitals not suffering much from nursing ...Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Glenwood Springs, CO, USA, April 22 GRHD and Valley View utilize a program called Nurse Link that provides temporary nurses for facilities in need for short- and long-term openings. ... Schools keep up with demand for nursesGreen Bay Press Gazette - Green Bay, WI, USA, April 20 "We will have challenges with clinic capacity, capacity here at the college and challenges with more nurse educators," Tupala said. ... Shortage AheadDetroit Free Press - United States, April 20 Like many doctors his age, Dobritt said he's fed up with the bureaucracy of health care -- from approval for simple services, such as X-rays, from insurance ... Lack of teachers blamed for shortage of nursesHagerstown Morning Herald - Hagerstown, MD, USA, April 20 Cheryl Peterson, senior policy fellow of the American Nurses Association, said 1 million new nurses will be needed in the United States by 2012. ... Filling a needGarden City Telegram - Garden City, KS, USA, April 19 "People travel 60 miles to receive care from my office because accessibility of oral health care is so sparse," Sherwood said. ... Claims of Physician Workforce Crisis Ignore Real ProblemsMedia Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA, April 17 So why do some continue to argue that adding more doctors is critical to addressing the US health care crisis? That's the question posed by Dartmouth ... New licenses target foreign nursesCalgary Herald - AB, Canada, April 17 Alberta regulators want to make it easier to hire foreign nurses in the province by introducing a temporary work permit as part of an effort to relieve ... Workers needed to avoid crisisDaily Illini - Champaign, IL, USA, April 17 By Brittany Abeijon The Association of Schools of Public Health, or ASPH, predicts a shortage of health care workers that will leave the US vulnerable to ... Worried about future, VA sends nurses to universities — to teachFederal Times - USA, April 16 But the shortage has spread to the universities needed to train new nurses, jeopardizing VA’s future work force. Because of a lack of qualified faculty to ... Stewart will share her experience as a caregiver for her motherSeniorJournal.com - San Antonio, TX, USA, April 15 Chairman Kohl says that he plans to introduce a bill to expand, train, and support all sectors of the long-term care workforce, including doctors, nurses, ... Giving Nurses a LiftKOMU-TV - Columbia, MO, USA, April 15 JEFFERSON CITY - One Missouri legislator wants to save nurses' backs with a device that could give patient treatment a lift. ... Report Finds Health Work Force Is Unprepared for Elderly BoomersWall Street Journal - USA, April 14 ... existing ratios of medical professionals, the US would need to increase its health-care workforce by 35%, or 3.5 million people, the report said. ... Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care WorkforceInstitute of Medicine of the National Academies, April 14 The nation faces an impending health care crisis as the number of older patients with more complex health needs increasingly outpaces the number of health care providers... More Doctors Needed for US Elderly, Study SaysBloomberg - USA, April 14 The Institute of Medicine's Committee on the Future Health Care Workforce for Older Americans, which issued the report, urged Congress to monitor what's ... School of Public Health Opens As Workforce Shortage LoomsNew York Sun - New York, NY, USA, April 11 Citing a looming shortage in the public health workforce, he said, "We knew there was a need to train public health specialists." He said the school and its ... Senator Feingold Supports More Funding For NursesAll American Patriots (press release) - Taeby, NA, Sweden, April 9 “Our nurses play a vital and indispensable role in our health care system,” Feingold said. “Nursing Workforce Development programs bring nurses to the areas ... State addresses nurses’ shortage with $5 million investmentEmpireStateNews.net - Newburgh, New York, USA, April 9 ALBANY - Governor David Paterson Tuesday announced that nearly $5 million from the 2008-09 state budget will be invested in additional nursing education at ... Recruitment Efforts Gain Popularity To Headoff Nursing ShortagesHamptons.com - Southampton, NY, USA, April 9 By Mariah Quinn Southampton - Despite some 2.5 million nurses nationwide, local demand for nursing care continues to increase, resulting in shortages that ... Physician Leaders Pilot Ways to Increase Workforce Diversity ...100.com, April 8 Physician leaders have a new prescription for clinics, health systems, and doctors' offices: Take a lesson in cultural proficiency and call me in the morning... US Labor Dept. awards BCC $1.8 million to expand health-care trainingEastside Business Journal - Bellevue, Washington, USA, April 8 Workforce Development Council, Workforce Investment Act youth service providers, Washington State Hospital Association, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, ... Schools mull needs of adult distance learnerseSchool News - Bethesda, MD, USA, April 7 One fundamental cause of the nursing shortage might be the lack of nurse educators, according to David Hopkins, chief learning officer of distance learning ... Kindred Healthcare Selects Taleo for Enterprise Wide Recruiting EffortCNNMoney.com - USA, April 7 "The aging population continues to have a whiplash effect for the healthcare community -- there is a growing demand for services, yet medical professionals ... Versant Residency Helps Ensure New Grads are ‘Here to Stay’Nurse.com - Falls Church, VA, USA, April 7 The scores started dropping in the late 1990s after budget cuts, when the hospital was forced to eliminate some educators and other key nursing positions. ... Apply Within: New England Hospitals Rise to Challenge, Increase ...Nurse.com - Falls Church, VA, USA, April 7 Since its creation, the forum has dedicated itself to educating staff and facilitating dialogue about workforce diversity and culturally appropriate care. ... Vitale-Weinberg Bill To Ensure Funding For Center For Nursing ApprovedPolitickerNJ - NJ, USA, April 7 “The Center for Nursing has been a vital partner in improving health care, by ensuring that New Jersey has a well-trained, well-educated nursing workforce ... Where are all the nurses?MiamiHerald.com - Miami, FL, USA, April 7 BY JOHN DORSCHNER At the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies, students work in a simulated hospital training facility. ... Nursing needs teachersUI The Daily Iowan (subscription) - Iowa City, IA, USA, April 4 The hope is that reducing the BSN program and increasing master's and doctoral class sizes will expedite the university's production of nurse educators. ... Educators push vocational training to fill college voidDaily Democrat - Woodland, CA, USA, April 3 Some health care companies have helped supply colleges with nursing faculty, paying the salary differences themselves. At Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, ... Many rural clinics are struggling and may have to closeAMA Health Care Careers e-Letter, April Many rural clinics are struggling to find physicians to fill openings and may have to close. Youth are misinformed about health care careersJournal of Allied Health, Spring 2008 A survey of 720 young adults (18 to 24 years old) found significant misperceptions about six health professions: medical laboratory science, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, radiation technology, and respiratory therapy. Support the troops: Help them get health care jobsUniversity of California, San Francisco, Center for the Health Professions, April Because of differences in education, certification, and regulation, not to mention the practice culture, it can sometimes be difficult for military allied health personnel to qualify for related health care jobs when they leave the military and become civilians. In practice, physician assistants and nurse practitioners almost the samePittsburgh Post-Gazette, April Despite different educational models (one medical, one nursing), physician assistants and nurse practitioners have markedly similar roles and duties once they enter practice Report shows racial disparity between California physicians and ...Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC, USA, April 2 A new study by the Center for California Healthcare Workforce Studies at the University of California San Francisco shows just how few minority physicians ... N. Carolina training nurses to fill shoes of absent psychiatristsSan Luis Obispo Tribune - San Luis Obispo, CA, USA, April 1 By JEAN P. FISHER The School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is increasing the scarce supply of mental health providers by ... Study: Direct care workers need boostBarre Montpelier Times Argus - Barre, VT, USA, April 1 An 18-month look at the state of Vermont's direct care workforce has found that many of these workers earn low wages for such difficult jobs, resulting in ... Stability draws recruits to health-care industryLong Beach Press-Telegram - Long Beach, CA, USA, April 1 It didn't dawn on her that health care overall is considered a hot growth industry. "I didn't realize it was so big until I went to school," at the Garden ... Somerville man advocates for home health care workers at State HouseSomerville Journal - MA, USA, April 1 The union hopes to wrap up contract negotiations with the Personal Care Attendant Quality Home Care Workforce Council by early summer, said Mike Fadel, ... |
"Today, one of the most pressing issues facing our health care
system is the shortage of health care workers. From lab technicians,
to nurses, to pharmacy technologists, to rural and urban physicians, the
demand for our health care workers is increasing just as more and more of
our workers reach retirement age and leave the workforce. We cannot
afford to have our hospitals short-staffed or our health care professionals
to be working triple shifts. We must address this shortage and ensure that
all of our citizens have access to quality health care."
Jim Doyle, Governor
State of Wisconsin
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