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If you are looking for a nurse job on the US East Coast perhaps you might want to check in with Connecticut's Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, where there is a nursing shortage of 8%.
The hospital's chief nursing officer says several factors are at work including an aging workforce, career changes, and the long hours.
Soon after identification of novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infections in the United States in mid-April 2009, CDC provided interim recommendations to reduce the risk for transmission in health-care settings. These included recommendations on use of personal protective equipment (PPE), management of health-care personnel (HCP) after unprotected exposures, and instruction of ill HCP not to report to work (1). To better understand the risk for acquiring infection with the virus among HCP and the impact of infection-control recommendations, CDC solicited reports of infected HCP from state health departments. As of May 13, CDC had received 48 reports of confirmed or probable infections with novel influenza A (H1N1) virus* (2); of these, 26 reports included detailed case reports with information regarding risk factors that might have led to infection. Of the 26 cases, 13 (50%) HCP were deemed to have acquired infection in a health-care setting, including one instance of probable HCP to HCP transmission and 12 instances of probable or possible patient to HCP transmission.
Eleven HCP had probable or possible acquisition in the community, and two had no reported exposures in either health-care or community settings. Among 11 HCP with probable or possible patient to HCP acquisition and available information on PPE use, only three reported always using either a surgical mask or an N95 respirator. These findings suggest that transmission of novel influenza A (H1N1) virus to HCP is occurring in both health-care and community settings and that additional messages aimed at reinforcing current infection-control recommendations are needed.
If you are looking for work you stand an excellent chance of getting hired if you are someone with the credentials for a nurse job or related health care career. This is not news to the health care industry or registered nurses, it is more a tradition. A new confirmation comes from a survey published by Forbes listing "The Hardest Jobs to Fill in America."
Coming in second right behind engineers, according to the survey, jobs for nurses were the hardest for employers to fill. The jobs are there but not the applicants, according to the survey of 2,019 employers conducted by Manpower in the first quarter of 2009.
The authors say the aging US population and need for senior care is one reason, along with the chronic shortage of nursing school graduates and increased demand for nurses in the highly technical world of health care.
A nurse formerly employed by Madison, Wisconsin-based Dean Health found out about her change in employment status when a manager called her out of an active surgery to tell her she was fired.
Paul Pitas, a spokesman for Dean Health is quoted as saying the incident occurred at the West Clinic in Madison April 8th or 9th, 2009. While the nurse was being laid off the procedure continued without a nurse present, a violation of patient care standards.
The effort to combat transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at hospitals may be getting a little easier thanks to findings released by the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). According to the study, a surprising new source of infection was discovered on the stethoscopes of emergency medical service (EMS) crews.
One third of stethoscopes worn by arriving EMS professionals (of 50) tested positive for MRSA, according to UMDNJ. The finding was a surprise. "I thought maybe one percent of stethoscopes would be infected," said Dr. Mark Merlin, chair of the Mobile Intensive Care Unit Advisory Committee for the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, who led the study.
The search for the source of growth in reported MRSA infections at hospitals has focused on the medical centers but this data may point to ambulance crews, paramedics and EMTs as unintentional carriers. MRSA infections have been on the rise within the last decade and many blame hospitals, Merlin said. "But it may be acquired before hospitalization," he added.
Some data from the study was startling. "Of the 50 stethoscopes, 16 had MRSA colonization and the same number couldn’t remember the last time their stethoscopes were cleaned," said Merlin, who also is medical director of Emergency Medical Services at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.
As the teaching of medicine becomes an ever increasingly multimedia process, the need for medical stock footage to illustrate the finer points of human anatomy grows apace. Simple two-dimensional illustrations pale in comparison to the lifelike realism offered by state-of-the-art computer animation.
Known in the video production industry by the acronym CGI for Computer Generated Imagery, this technology is responsible for the breathtaking scenes popularized by the feature films Shrek, Toy Story, and Finding Nemo.
Many producers, educational institutions, teaching hospitals and nursing schools are finding themselves in need of stock footage to incorporate in PowerPoint presentations and full-fledged videos intended for distribution online, via DVD and in the classroom.
Royalty free stock footage is an extremely cost-effective way to obtain this footage from existing stock video libraries. These companies offer previously produced video on liberal usage terms for much less cost to the buyer than producing the needed sequences from scratch.
The upside is very high quality footage sourced at very reasonable cost and under simple and uncomplicated license. The downside is that this footage will not be exclusive to the end user and it may not be a perfect match.
A few last points to keep in mind when shopping for stock footage. When you purchase most stock video you can use it time after time without paying new fees. Most stock video is available on CD, DVD or via download. And finally, you can either order the entrée or a la carte. In other words, most agencies will sell you an entire collection or a single clip. Royalty free medical stock video, its not just for Hollywood anymore!
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