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- New MONA Leaders Installed
- Surviving Shift Work
- Sanford-Brown College—St. Peters Adds BSN Degree Program
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Free HPV Resources Available Missouri Foundation for Health recently committed $11 million to purchase enough HPV vaccine, Gardasil®, so that every uninsured or underinsured Missouri girl and woman ages 9-26 can receive the vaccine for FREE. More...
Cibulka Invited to Speak At Conferences Nancy Cibulka, Ph.D., associate professor of nursing at Maryville University, continues to draw national attention for a two-year study she is conducting on oral hygiene in pregnant women at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. More...
Frandsen Snares High Nursing Honor Geralyn Frandsen, Ed.D., associate professor of nursing at Maryville University, has been elected to the governance committee of Sigma Theta Tau, the international nursing honor society. More...
Jensen Receives Teaching Awards The saying "three's a charm" really rings true for Alice Jensen, associate professor of nursing at Maryville University. On November 18, she received her third teaching award of the year, the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award. More...
Chemical Exposures on the Job may be Linked to Diseases in Nurses First ever national survey finds widespread exposure to chemicals and radiation and almost no mandatory workplace health protections. More...
Baptist Health Treats Patients with TLC through New Safety Program Lifting, repositioning and transferring patients are daily events for caregivers, and that puts both health care workers and patients at risk. More...
Learning to Ask for Help As a professional nurse, you have given help to others in a multitude of roles: caregiver, advocate, mentor and teacher. Yet it is being in the role of receiving help with which many nurses struggle. Nurses are not accustomed to nor do they enjoy being in the position of needing assistance or guidance. More...
New Trends in Foreign Nurse Recruitment According to the American Hospital Association, 17% of hospitals recruit from abroad to fill nursing vacancies. More...
Patient Lift Manufacturer, Medcare Products, Receives Women-Owned Certification Medcare Products, a business specializing in patient/resident lift equipment including ceiling-mounted lifts, mobile lifts and safe patient handling programs, received national certification as a Women's Business Enterprise by the Women's Business Development Center--Chicago, a regional certifying partner of the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). More...
Studies Cite Persistent Threat to Patient Safety, Hospital Work Environment and Present Improvement Options Fatigue among residents and nurses, inadequate nurse staffing levels, and emergency department crowding pose serious risks to safety and quality in American hospitals, according to research discussed in the November 2007 supplement to The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. Nurse turnover both contributes to these problems and is aggravated by them. More...
Salmon of the Americas: Eating Fish Imperative for Pregnant and Nursing Women Pregnant and nursing women, and those women trying to conceive, are now encouraged to eat a minimum of 12 ounces of fish per week, debunking another belief that women should eat no more than 12 ounces of fish each week. More...
Five Shocking Facts About Fat Most American workers spend eight hours or more seated at their desks, rather than walking, running or somehow burning off those extra calories. And while, we know how bad fat is, recent debates about good fat vs. bad fat, trans-fats vs. mono-saturated fats vs. polyunsaturated fats, have made it difficult to sort through the controversy and keep our fat facts straight. So how do we know what is good for our bodies? And how can we boost our productivity at work just by shedding those extra layers? More...
Roving ICU "SWAT" Teams Help Save Lives by Responding Quickly to Patients at Risk Creating a dedicated "SWAT-like" team of intensive care specialists who respond quickly to calls for help throughout the hospital can help decrease heart attacks and deaths, and prevent patients from deteriorating so that they must go on mechanical breathing devices. More...
Discharge Call Manager Helps Hospitals Follow Up More Effectively Studer Group today announced that its Discharge Call Manager software solution (DCM) has now been purchased by 100 hospitals around the country. More...
AAOHN Launches Bizhealthcheck.com and Partners with US Chamber of Commerce for Keep America's Workforce Healthy Summit It is estimated that poor employee health costs businesses one trillion dollars annually. As part of their commitment to help businesses combat these staggering statistics and in support of their vision that "work and community environments will be healthy and safe," the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. (AAOHN) launched Bizhealthcheck.com, a resource that helps businesses reduce healthcare costs. More...
Do you have a background in continuing education and/or education? Are you familiar with the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation continuing education criteria (or willing to learn)? If so the MONA CE Approver Unit Committee needs you. We are currently seeking nurses who are MONA members, who have a minimum of a baccalaureate in nursing, with a background in continuing education and/or education and an interest in reviewing nursing continuing education courses offered in the state of Missouri. The importance of this committee is to ensure that organizations submitting applications for approval of continuing nursing education are providing quality educational programs by adherence to the ANCC COA’s standards for quality continuing nursing education. If you would be willing to serve on the Approver Unit Committee, review these applications and promote nursing professional development through quality educational programs, please contact Sara at sara@missourinurses.org at the MONA office.