Encouraging nurses physical assessment skills: a small pilot study in Tai Tokerau/Northland has revealed why nurses don't use the full range of physical assessment skills in their practice.(EDUCATION) Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand (11/1/2005)
Registered nurses (RNs...New Zealand. Nurses have opportunities...positions, as the nurse may be working...skill vital to nurses working in...is physical assessment. But how confident...undertaking physical assessments and how frequently...in favour of nurses expanding ...

Texas Public School Nurses' Assessment of Children's Oral Health Status. Journal of School Health (2/1/1999)
...A survey of school nurses organized by Texas counties defined the school nurses' range of experience...the reporting school nurse. To examine differences...professionals, school nurses responses were categorized...222 school nurses registered by the Texas Education...and education. A ...

An emerging role for nurse practitioners--preoperative assessment. AORN Journal (11/1/2005)
...are arising for nurse practitioners...advanced practice nurses (APNs) in the...Advanced practice nurses include certified nurse midwives, clinical...APN as ... a registered professional nurse...special laboratory tests or procedures...Preoperative assessment must be ...

Lessons from an MRSA diagnosis: a positive result from an MRSA screening was an unexpected and challenging complication for a Filipina nurse undertaking a competency assessment programme in Rotorua.(EXEMPLAR)(methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)(Personal account) Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand (8/1/2009)
...been working as a registered nurse (RN) at Cebu Velez...However, as for most nurses in the Philippines...New Zealand, I registered and passed in 2006...English Language Test, a prerequisite...week competency assessment course at Rotorua...one Filipina staff nurse how I was ...

Pacific nurses' pilot programme expected to begin in November.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(Brief article) Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand (9/1/2008)
...Pacific-trained nurses are expected to...of Health chief nurse Mark Jones, it...to guarantee the nurses a registered nurse position at the...Language competency assessment. Like the nurses...Occupational English Test. Jones said discussions...

Part 2: Using a Competency-based Curriculum To Train Experienced Nurses in Ventilator Care. Pediatric Nursing (1/1/1996)
...one a graduate nurse. Two of the registered nurses, the licensed practical nurse and the graduate nurse had been caring...The other two registered nurses had been caring...to assess the test-retest reliability...3640). The assessments were ...

Panoramic view misses details. Financial Adviser (3/23/2006)
...primary healthcare; l assessment involving doctors and registered nurses; l rehabilitation...high band of NHS registered nursing care contribution...process for the registered nursing care contribution...who fail the means test because they own...

Revised AORN recommended education standards for RN first assistant programs. (Association of Operating Room Nurses, Registered Nurse) AORN Journal (2/1/1997)
...perioperative nurse with the advanced...perioperative nurse with the cognitive...TARGET AUDIENCE Registered nurses who practice...Mantoux test (PPD) (if...preoperative assessment, postoperative...physician, nurse, and patient...prepared or advanced registered ...

Program attacks diabetes from all angles. Diabetes Management (9/1/1998)
...announcement and risk- assessment instrument; - a video...a telephone post-test; - a 12-month follow...includes: - patient assessment; - counseling with...diabetes educators, registered nurses, and registered dietitians; - scheduled...