What the Class of 2008 Will Earn

Check out the anticipated entry level nurse's salary for 2008 in today's MSN Career News report!

Serving our Multicultural Societies

Culture Clues™ are tip sheets for clinicians, designed to increase awareness about concepts and preferences of patients from diverse cultures. Prepared by the University of Washington Medical Center, Patient & Family Services, to help health care professionals better serve their community; the value of these useful tip sheets extends beyond the Seattle area.
Copyright conditions and guidelines for use of this resource are clearly outlined on the home page.

Nursing Continuing Education Conference

The Heatlh Services Authority (HSA) of the Cayman Islands, hosted their 3rd annual nursing education conference May 15 - 19, 2008.
The conference gave local nurses the opportunity to strengthen and enhance the standard of nursing care delivered across the Cayman islands.
“There is so much that demands our attention, and there are so few of us to cover. We are working constantly, against the clock, to ease suffering and save lives”
Chief Nursing Officer Hazel Brown
Click on title for report in The Cay Compass.

NLM Global Health Exhibition

"The exhibit, called 'Against All Odds', notes how citizens and international organizations (plus scientists, physicians, and governments) have reduced 11 public health challenges in more than a dozen nations around the world." Global health issues have been declared by JAMA as meriting high priority diplomatic concern -- especially between developed and developing nations.
Click on the title to access the podcast & transcript.

Nurse Midwifery Free Online CE Modules

Designed for certified nurse midwives
& other interested health care professionals!

Modules include:
Maternal Nutrition Throughout the Childbearing Cycle
Agnes Higgins Method
Psychomotor Skills for Intrapartum Management
Birth of the Placenta
Repair of the Perineum
Nurse-Midwifery as a career

Developed by Joyce Cameron Foster
at the College of Nursing, University of Utah.

Barbadian Nurses Promised More if they Stay at Home

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 30, 2008 - "The Barbados government is moving to improve the nursing profession to bring it in line with international standards, encourage these health care providers to stay at home..." [at home in Barbadoes that is, not to give up their careers and stay home]. The article goes on to describe the anticipated enhancements that are expected to result from the new Nurses Bill 2008 that passed in Parliament in Barbadoes last Tuesday.
Click title to read the full article from Caribbean360.

Crisis In The Health Sector Of Caribbean Countries

Crisis In The Health Sector Of Caribbean Countries: The Impact Of Trade
Liberalization And The Movement Of Labour On Health Services In The
CARICOM, March 2008
Conference paper by
Marjorie Charles, PhD (University of the West Indies)
"This paper examines the impact of migration of nurses on the health sector in the CARICOM region and implications for policy making. It also examines the extent to which domestic regulation in the health sector can be used as a tool for policy making."[from abstract]
Click on the title for access to the full text article.

RN's per 100.000 Population ~ United States

Click on title for map and data comparing the # of nurses [RN] by state per 100,000 population:
National average ~ 799
Puerto Rico ~ 383
Arizona ~ 522
compared to
Massachusetts ~ 1,201
District of Columbia ~ 1,515

Statistics gathered by Kaiser State Health Facts , a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and is designed to provide free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 states. [Figures dated July 2005]

ACHNE: Association of Community Health Nursing Educators

"The Association of Community Health Nursing Educators (ACHNE) provides a meeting ground for those committed to excellence in community and public health nursing education, research, and practice."
Information on the Public/Community Health Nursing Certification Exam , white paper on Disaster Preparedness, and a Job Bank provided!

What Is CampusRN.com?

Search Nursing Jobs and Healthcare Jobs

Visit CampusRN to search for thousands of jobs and scholarships.

CampusCareerCenter.com and it's new subsiduary CampusRN are in the business of recruiting, however their websites have alot of useful information for nursing students and other entry-level health care job seekers. Included on the site is information about student loans and scholarships, a resume bank, and a job bank.

Nurses per 100,000 population

Latest figures for Canada by province, 2006
from the Ontario Hospital Association's new website:
Health Systems Facts and Figures.

Where are the nurses?

Cick title to read this interesting and thought provoking article by John Dorschner of the Miami Herald. The comments are also worth reading. IUON is mentioned as well.

Nursing Salaries

For an overview look at nursing salaries in the United States check out this compilation gathered from PayScale in 2006, and posted on the AllNursingSchools website.

2007 State Snapshots: NHQR

"The State Snapshots provide State-specific health care quality information, including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement.
The goal is to help State officials and their public- and private-sector partners better understand health care quality and disparities in their State."

Based on stats from the National Healthcare Quality Report,
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Nursing Theory Art Gallery

You are invited to explore Jones and Bartlett's
Nursing Theory Art Gallery!

The creative works of nursing students from across the United States are exhibited, the focus being the students’ artistic impressions of nursing theory using the concepts presented in Sitzman and Eichelberger’s book "Understanding the Work of Nurse Theorists".