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- 2/11/2013
Irregular heart rhythm clue to unexplained strokes: Canadian study
HONOLULU | A significant percentage of people experiencing unexplained strokes have silent atrial fibrillation. Researchers at 16 Canadian stroke centres discovered this as part of the largest study and first randomized clinical trial of heart monitoring in stroke patients. - 2/11/2013
Children’s care under attack in Fraser Valley, nurses warn
The BC Nurses’ Union is sounding the alarm about a move to convert children’s care beds at Abbotsford Regional Hospital for adult use. - 2/11/2013
B.C. hiring an extra 45 NPs this year
An extra 45 nurse practitioners are to be hired across B.C. this year, including 10 in Fraser Health and nine in the Vancouver Coastal health region. - 2/11/2013
New and emerging roles for nurses
- 2/11/2013
Beware $1,421 medical directory 'scam,' says Halifax MD
A Halifax doctor is warning colleagues about a new medical directory scam apparently targeting Canadian physicians. Dr. Robin Whyte, a pediatrician from Nova Scotia, said he was contacted by a Portuguese company to “check his entry in the ‘American Medical Directory.’” - 2/11/2013
Rexall vastly outdid other pharmacies on flu shot numbers
Out of the 200,000 flu shots administered by pharmacists in Ontario, a whopping 190,000 of those were given by Rexall pharmacists. - 2/11/2013
Kate Middleton prank call DJ returns to radio two months after nurses' suicide
Just two months after the tragic death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha, the Australian DJs who made the Kate Middleton prank call in December are coming back on air, with Michael Christian reportedly returning to the airwaves today. - 2/11/2013
U.K. offical aims to cut nurses' paperwork by a third
Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, wants to cut the amount of paperwork doctors and nurses have to do by a third so they can spend hours more every week with patients, he will announce today.