Clinical Care

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Nursing Shortages Impact Burgeoning Eldercare: A Canadian Perspective

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Carol-Ann Hamilton Serious shortages loom. Increasingly (but not nearly enough), the elder crisis borne of growing aging populations and ...

Nursing

Star Leadership Institute Recognizes Graduating Class

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

On April 9, 2014, the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association (PSNA), representing more than 212,000 registered nurses in Pennsylvania, recognized 25 ...

Nursing

From Academic to Clinical, STTI Book Offers Insider Writing and Publishing Tips

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Second edition of how-to writing guide provides expanded insight from nurse author and editor While nurses are accountable for the ...

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Smoking and Animal-Based Diets Are Leading Lifestyle Cancer Risk Factors in New Study

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

A new international study reported in Nutrients has found that certain lifestyle factors—specifically, eating diets high in animal products and smoking—have the strongest association ...

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Oncology Nursing Society Hails Senator Wyden’s Leadership in Cancer Care

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Legislation Will Give Patients Choice Through Medicare The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) applauds Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) who championed the ...

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RMU Names Valerie Howard Dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Robert Morris University has named nursing Professor Valerie M. Howard as dean of its School of Nursing and Health Sciences, ...

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The Case of the Lateral-Limb Lymphedema

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Sally is a 62-year-old woman who had a mastectomy for stage IIB left-sided breast cancer. She had preoperative chemotherapy followed ...