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Business Editors/Health, Medical, & Education Writers
OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2002
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SPOKANE, Wash., April 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Washington State Nurses Association (WSNA), representing nearly 250 registered nurses at Yakima Regional Medical Center, is holding an informational picket today to highlight issues critical to patient safety. Contract negotiations have stalled over several key concerns including limiting opportunities for nurses to provide input on patient care, reducing the ability to recruit and retain nurses, and decreasing the amount of time nurses are allotted for continuing education.
The hospital has proposed drastically reducing the ability for nurses to advocate for patients and provide input on patient care issues by entirely removing the Conference Committee from the hospital. Conference Committees are a standard practice among hospital...
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Thursday, Oct. 13 CBMC Breakfast: The Charleston Christian Business Mens Committee meets at 7 a.m. each Thursday at the South Charleston Hardees on MacCorkle Avenue, just off the Montrose Avenue Interstate 64 exit. The nondenominational meeting includes Bible study and discussion. For more details, call Dean Martin, 304-984- 2420. Friday, Oct. 14 Southern Gospel Sing: The Homeland Southern Gospel Sing will begin at 7 p.m. at the North Charleston Baptist Church, 1009 Woodward Drive, Charleston.
Saturday, Oct. 15 Trinity Yard Sale: From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 1600 Kanawha Blvd. E., Charleston (near the state Capitol), will have a yard sale. Yard sale items may be donated through Oct. 14 at the church social hall; call Susan Riggs, 304-542-8678, for more details. Proce...
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The affiliation, which will serve as an extension of PMC's continuing education program for physicians, nurses, and staff, will enable emergency cardiac transplant and adult congenital patients to be treated expeditiously.
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... Using Nonimmigrant Aliens as Registered Nurses. 655.310 - Attestations. (a) Who may submit attes... or a baccalaureate degree), or continuing education courses. If the program includes courses...
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FUTURE EVENTS
* West Virginia Institute for Spirituality will offer a program titled "Post Traumatic Stress: Searching for Inner Peace," from 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday at 1601 Virginia St. E. Participants will explore positive steps in managing grief, anger, depression and night terrors associated with post-traumatic stress. The program will be led by Sister Carole Riley. Continuing education units are provided for registered nurses, licensed professional counselors and social workers. An offering of $50 for CEU applicants is requested. Lunch is included. To register, call 304-345-0926.
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Ann Ramsay pokes a splinter-thin, stainless steel needle into her patient's right hand in the fleshy "V" between the thumb and forefinger. She twiddles the needle slightly. "I want you to feel something," she says. The patient gives a small start, and says, "There." It's not pain, exactly, but... something. Satisfied, Ramsay sticks another needle into a corollary spot in the patient's left foot. She offers some soft music and the patient chooses Indian flute. Ramsay puts on the CD, places a device that resembles a doorbell near her patient and slips out of the room, saying, "Just relax. I'll be back in about 10 minutes, but press that buzzer if you need me before." The client closes her eyes and drifts away, and is surprised when the door opens. "It seemed like two minutes," she says. R...
...Through Continuing Education at the University of Vermont, she teache...Nurses are not the only ones broadening their health-care...
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FUTURE EVENTS
* West Virginia Institute for Spirituality will host Sister Donna Marie Beck, pioneer and leader in music therapy education, on Friday and Saturday at 1601 Virginia St. E. Beck will offer a program titled "Healing and Emotions Through Music Strategies and Resources," from 230 to 9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Continuing Education credits are available for registered nurses, social workers and licensed professional counselors. An offering of $50 for each day is suggested. Call 345-0926 to register.
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Healing touch, a therapy often used by health care professionals, will be the topic of a weekend class at the Manor Retreat I Conference Center in Parkersburg.
The 20-hour class is June 11 to 13 and will provide 20 continuing education credits for nurses and massage therapists.
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...Continuing Education Units are available for social workers, Registered Nurses and LPCs. The offering is $55 for CEU applicants a...