Nurse shortage worse than you think, but sensitivity may help retain nurses.(Statistical Data Included) Healthcare Strategic Management (5/1/2000)
...average age of the U.S. nurse is 44. * The average age when nurses retire is 49. * Master...an intensive care unit nurse is like "looking for...temporary and permanent nurses to hospital jobs throughout the country...Dearth offered a hands-on example of how difficult...

Nurse-Lawyers Fill New Need In Health Care Chicago Sun-Times (3/14/1993)
...Burman is looking for a job that incorporates the...more money," he said. Nurse-attorneys also can...Worley, a registered nurse and a former Cook County...attorney general. "Nurses should be taking the...being a lawyer and a nurse a cross between a pit...our scrutiny." Their hands-on ...

Why nurses leave the Philippines.(Series: The Philippines: Arc of the islanders)(News) Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) (4/18/2005)
...pressed scrubs, 24 young nurses' aide graduates stand...McDonald's in checkered nurse uniforms. They shriek...with her textbook in hand is Candice Maecinco...to $220 a month many nurses make in the Philippines...Philippines. And because the job demand in industrialized...all bad to one ...

Nurses caring beyond duty: nurses and midwives across Australia have been shocked and saddened by the fires that swept through Victoria on Saturday, 7 February. Hundreds of ANF and NSWNA members were personally affected and many ANF members continue to work tirelessly at the frontline. The Lamp spoke with Elizabeth Foley and Kate Alexandra about their experiences of Black Saturday and its aftermath.(SPECIAL PEOPLE)(New South Wales Nurses' Association, Australian Nursing Federation) The Lamp (3/1/2009)
...Elizabeth Foley is a nurse and public policy expert...destroyed, and of course nurses are a part of every community...the dogs had bitten the hands that tried to save them...inundated with offers from nurses, doctors and pharmaceutical...clinic there were 10 nurses, some locals, ...

Nurse Debbie: Walking the Extra Mile The Washington Post (12/19/1989)
...became head pediatric nurse there after earning her...the best part of her job is "being with the kids...Debbie is like the perfect nurse," Karen Ridgeway says...this shift to hold his hand, or his mother's...for you.' Because {nurses} get so attached. But...but as their primary ...

Nurse extenders offer a way to trim staff expenses. (places non-nursing tasks in hands of trained technicians) Healthcare Financial Management (4/1/1990)
...national short-, age of nurses to low morale, high...primary care nursing. Nurse extender programs place non-nursing tasks in the hands of technicians trained...departments. Initiating a nurse extender (NE) program...full-time registered nurses (RNs) grew by 56 percent...undertrained LPNs ...

NURSES' SALARIES RISE 10.6 PERCENT IN 1988 Post-Tribune (IN) (3/26/1989)
...nurses to perform those jobs or by salary levels...an increased demand for nurses to serve sicker patients...percent of the nation's nurses. The increased salaries...average starting salary for nurses also increased last year...recruiting problem on the one hand and a retention ...

NURSES THREATENED BY CHEMICALS, STUDY SAYS.(Life and Arts) Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) (12/17/2007)
...range of chemicals on the job - from heavy-duty cleaners...online survey of 1,500 nurses in the U.S. But few regulations limit nurses' exposure to chemicals...As much as we rely on nurses to protect us when we...used for anesthesia, hand disinfectants, cleaning...Hartmayer, a registered ...

Nurses helping nurses--a critical link for research. (Opinion). AORN Journal (11/1/2002)
...involved. On the other hand, some nurses may use research knowledge...of settings in which nurses practice. Many professional...constraints associated with the job, caring for high acuity...nursing research is one way nurses can become leaders and...WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE STAFF NURSE, ...