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| Studies Reveal Substantial Increases In Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers |
| Both new diagnoses and a history of non-melanoma skin cancer appear to have become increasingly common, and the disease affects more individuals than all other cancers combined, according to two reports in the March issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The article is one of several in the issue focusing on skin cancers, and is being published in conjunction with a JAMA theme issue on cancer...
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| Historic Win As Senate Passes NP And Midwife Legislation, Australia |
| The Australian Nursing Federation has welcomed the decision to pass legislation giving nurse practitioners and eligible midwives access to MBS and PBS. ANF Federal Secretary Ged Kearney congratulated the senate on their decision to pass the Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009 saying it was significant news and a major win for consumers. "The senate has passed long-awaited legislation that gives those who seek the services of nurse practitioners and eligible midwives access to benefits," she said...
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| Other Health Professions Need Support As Well - Pharmaceutical Society Of Australia |
| The Government's announcement of a substantial boost in GP training places, specialist training places and pre-vocational general practice placements for medical graduates is a welcome development, but other health professions need similar support, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia says. National President of the PSA, Warwick Plunkett, said that in moving to the Government's preferred primary health-care team model, it was important the difficulties facing the other professions in the primary health-care team were also recognised and acted upon...
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| The American Nurses Association Releases New Position Statements On Pivotal Topics Affecting Nursing Practice |
| The American Nurses Association (ANA), the largest nursing organization in the U.S., has approved two instructive and interpretive policy documents produced by its Congress on Nursing Practice and Economics (CNPE): a revised position statement entitled Nurses' Role in Capital Punishment, and an initial position statement entitled Just Culture. "ANA takes very seriously its obligation to provide thought leadership and guidance to nurses everywhere on matters of significant professional and ethical consequence," commented ANA President Rebecca M. Patton, RN, MSN, CNOR...
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| FDA Orders 2 Companies To Stop Marketing Unapproved Nitroglycerin Tablets |
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today ordered Glenmark Generics of Mahwah, N.J., and Konec Inc. of Tucson, Ariz., to stop marketing unapproved nitroglycerin tablets. The tablets are placed under the tongue to relieve chest pain or to stop a heart attack and are marketed in 0.3 mg, 0.4 mg, and 0.6 mg dosages. The FDA does not anticipate a supply problem for these products. Pfizer Inc. markets FDA-approved sublingual nitroglycerin tablets in the same strengths and is able to supply the market with approved products...
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| RCN Union Learning Representatives Host Motivational Day For Health Care Staff, Wales |
| The Royal College of Nursing in Wales in partnership with a local nurse from Abertawe Bro Morganwg Local Health Board has organised an event for health care staff working within the NHS and independent sector at the Aberavon Hotel, Port Talbot on Monday, 1 March, 2010. This event was sponsored by the Welsh Union Learning Fund. The event is a motivational seminar for health care staff and in the spirit of partnership, invitations have been offered to other local union members. A selection of inspirational speakers will feature throughout the day...
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| RCN In Wales Supports Plans To Help Veterans |
| Royal College of Nursing Applauds Welsh Assembly Government's Plan to Help Military Veterans Tina Donnelly, Director of the Royal College of Nursing in Wales, said: "The Royal College of Nursing in Wales is pleased that the Welsh Assembly Government is allocating additional funding to support our military veterans. Our military veterans have demonstrated unmatched dedication to public service and our government should be able to help them out in their time of need...
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| Skin Cancer Epidemic Underrecognized, US Study |
| US researchers who analysed over a decade's worth of statistics on non-melanoma skin cancers in the US (the country's most common form of cancer) found they have been rising steadily every year, and concluded that their findings reveal the "most complete evaluation to date of the underrecognized epidemic of skin cancer in the United States". A paper on the study, which was conducted by lead author Dr Howard W. Rogers, a dermatologist from Norwich, Connecticut, and colleagues, appears online in the March issue of the journal Archives of Dermatology...
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| Nurses Call For Improvements To Dementia Care, UK |
| Commenting on the Public Accounts Committee report Improving dementia services in England - an interim report, Janet Davies, Executive Director of Nursing and Service Delivery at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said: "It is deeply concerning that dementia care is still not being dealt with as a priority. Training and education for healthcare staff working in all settings is absolutely vital if care for dementia patients is to improve. Greater investment is also needed for specialist dementia nurses, who provide invaluable support for dementia patients, their carers and families...
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| Report For MDG Summit Highlights Successes And Gaps For Children And Women In Progress Towards MDG Achievements |
| With only five years left until the 2015 deadline for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) the UN Secretary-General has today released a report on progress made towards the achievement of the MDGs, called Keeping the Promise. The report highlights both significant improvements and shortfalls in global efforts to meet these goals and improve the lives of children and women around the world. Successes have occured in some of the poorest countries and regions, showing what can be achieved, but progress remains uneven...
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