Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that home births are up by twenty percent. Some are choosing it because it’s cheaper, others fear unnecessary intervention in hospitals especially women who’ve previously had caesarians or have minor medical concerns that might make doctors keen to press to interventions. White women seem to be taking more control of their births with 1 in 98 giving birth at home. Compared to 1 in 357 black women and 1 in 500 Hispanics. Continue reading

Nurses who wash their uniforms at home are increasing the risk of infection in their own homes and in the UK’s hospitals. Forced by cash strapped NHS Trusts to wash their uniforms at home, nurses are carrying potentially harmful infections both into the hospital and then back into the home at the end of the working day. Continue reading

Four American Red Cross volunteer nurses have been selected by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to receive the Florence Nightingale Medal, nursing’s highest international honor. Continue reading

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today reintroduced the National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, legislation to protect the rights of nurses to advocate on behalf of their patients, set minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals and invest in nurse training to address the nationwide nursing shortage. Continue reading

RN, PhD, FAAN, Lillian & Dudley Aldous Professor of Nursing Science, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco will receive the AACN-GE Healthcare Pioneering Spirit Award. Continue reading

America’s oldest and biggest non-profit organization aimed at end-of-life choices, Compassion & Choices, has responded to the split verdict in a criminal trial that took place in Phoenix, Arizona. The verdict clearly shows up the need for rational public policy on end-of-life choices. Continue reading

The benefits of blueberry consumption have been demonstrated in several nutrition studies, more specifically the cardio-protective benefits derived from their high polyphenol content. Blueberries have shown potential to have a positive effect on everything from aging to metabolic syndrome. Continue reading