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Beyond the bedside: The changing role of today's nurses
The Huffington Post
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The nursing role is rapidly evolving as nurses are tasked with an even wider range of health care responsibilities. Caring for the sick has certainly gotten more complicated. Hospitals are understaffed. Budgets are tight. The graying of our society — plus growing rates of diabetes, obesity and other conditions — means the healthcare system is dealing with an increasing number of complex illnesses. In hospitals, clinics and care centers around the U.S., nurses are rising to meet these challenges. And advanced nursing education is empowering nurses to lead the way.
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Enter the 2012 Spirit of Neuroscience Nursing Photo Contest
American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
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AANN's annual photo contest serves to inspire neuroscience nurses by celebrating your hard work and excellent patient care. The winner will receive complimentary registration to the 2013 annual meeting! It's easy to enter — simply snap a picture that conveys your experience as a neuro nurse and submit your photo and a permission form by March 30. Learn more and enter now!
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Cutting-edge laser brain surgery stifles seizures for epilepsy patients
The Star-Ledger
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Revolutionary laser brain surgery, called laser ablation, threads a fiber-optic cable into a small hole in the skull, and then, using guided imagery, delicately threads it past blood vessels and healthy gray matter into the targeted brain lesion — an alternative to removing part of the skull and cutting through healthy brain matter. The surgery has only been performed twice on epilepsy patients, but the boundaries are still being pushed to see how far the tool can go, according to experts.
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A pioneer in both advanced nurse-leadership training and online education, celebrate 33 years of advanced nursing education with Loyola University New Orleans and enter to win one of five $4,500 scholarships to Loyola’s online Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) with specialization in Health Care Systems Management. more
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Study might explain brain overgrowth seen in autism
HealthDay News Via U.S. News & World Report
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Researchers report that they have identified abnormalities in the DNA and RNA of cells in the prefrontal cortex of the brains of autistic children. The findings may help to explain the underlying mechanism for the brain "overgrowth" that prior reports have documented in autistic children.
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Surgery less than 24 hours after cervical spinal cord injury yields improved outcomes
Ortho SuperSite
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Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson have found that patients who receive surgery less than 24 hours after a traumatic cervical spine injury suffer less neural tissue destruction and improved clinical outcomes, according to a study published in PLoS One.
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International survey links nurse, patient satisfaction
Nurse.com
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Nurses who reported better working conditions in hospitals and less likelihood of leaving also had patients who were more satisfied with their hospital stay and rated their hospitals more highly, according to an international study.
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Cortical and spinal neuromotor prosthetics: Who would be an ideal candidate?
Neuro Tech Zone
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Central-nervous-system based neuromotor prosthesis holds a great deal of promise for complete spinal cord injury, yet is still far from the clinical use. Cortical-level NMP uses direct cortical recording and requires craniotomy for implanting a microelectrode array in the motor cortical area of an injured person. As these cortical and spinal NMPs are reaching maturity, the question emerges, whether all people with SCI can benefit from this technology.
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Super glue operation saves little Alfie after brain-bleed emergency
Yorkshire Post
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Doctors saved a tiny baby's life after using a medical super glue to block a bleeding artery in the eight-week-old's brain. Medics discovered that Alfie Tilson had suffered a life-threatening brain aneurysm after he was seen by his family general practitioner. His worried parents, Lee and Nicola Tilson, realized there was something wrong when their son had trouble focusing his eyes. Alfie was sent for a brain scan which revealed the rare aneurysm — a dangerous sack of blood that forms in the brain which doctors said was more common in adults over 50.
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US panel rejects wider use of Stryker brain stent
Reuters
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U.S. advisers said Stryker Corp's artery-opening stent for the brain should not be used in most patients, based on new data showing the device caused more harm than anti-clotting drugs.
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Nursing shortage is over in US until retirement glut hits
Bloomberg Businessweek
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A nursing shortage in the U.S. that led to a decade-long push for new hires and more graduates in the field is over, at least until 2020 when a glut of retirees will leave a new gap to fill, researchers said.
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Study: Alzheimer's can be detected and monitored with blood tests
Dow Jones via The Wall Street Journal
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A new study offers hope the debilitating brain disease Alzheimer's may soon be diagnosed and monitored more accurately using a simple blood test. British biomarker specialist Proteome Sciences and German partner Merck KGaA recently said they successfully completed a 1,000 patient validation study into developing blood biomarkers for the degenerative condition.
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