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- 11/19/2012
Baby dies after nurse fed her day's worth of food in an hour
A seven-day-old baby died after a nurse accidentally fed her a day's worth of food through a feeding tube in just one hour, inquest hears. - 11/19/2012
Tide turns as more NPs visit home care patients
Nurse practitioners in New York and New Jersey are filling a gap in healthcare as frontline providers for the homebound elderly and other patients with limited care access. - 11/19/2012
ONA launches new ad campaign
Campaign urges people to value the invaluable skills and care provided by Ontario's nurses. - 11/19/2012
Hospital staff worked ‘shoulder to shoulder’ during B.C. flood crisis, nurse says
Pediatric nurse Barb Daviduk called the flooding at Surrey Memorial Hospital Monday morning “bizarre.” - 11/19/2012
B.C. nurses’ union, health officer continue fight over mandatory flu-shots
Another round of fighting has erupted between British Columbia’s nurses and its health officer after a U.K.-based, non-profit scientific group publicly questioned the evidence used to justify a mandatory flu-shot policy for provincial health-care workers. - 11/19/2012
B.C. doctor fined for not responding to college, providing medical legal report
VANCOUVER | A doctor in British Columbia was handed a fine from his provincial college for failing to reply to communications from his provincial college. - 11/18/2012
Scene Dignitas: ending the epidemic
- 11/18/2012
DISPATCH: The 10,000 hours theory of great doctoring
Dr. Anders Ericsson (PhD) is known as the ‘10,000 hours guy.’ The Swedish-born professor of psychology at Florida State University published seminal research on talent, popularized by writer Malcolm Gladwell, which seemed to answer the question: What makes a superstar? - 11/18/2012
Probiotics (yes, yogurt!) could minimize C. difficile in hospitals
TORONTO | Medical use of probiotics could be significant in minimizing C. difficile infection among hospitalized patients taking antibiotics, according to new research from The Hospital for Sick Children and McMaster University.