Less experienced nurses felt the NEWS gave them increased confidence; nurse leaders said the NEWS helped them in decision-making and discharge planning
However, the prime minister of the day issued an end-of-year news release, boasting sodium-reduction targets as one of the government’s great achievements in 2010
These divisions will pose a significant challenge to Prime Minister Trudeau as he tries to carve out “wins” before the next election. Good news for nurses? The election platform also made big-ticket promises in the form of infrastructure and innovation. This is great news for nurses as we move forward in pushing for more technology-enabled virtual care beyond hospital walls and the scale and spread of existing technologies for homes and communities
There are also behind-the-scenes analyses of issues that impact nurses as well as news and updates on current events
What does Nursing Now mean to nurses practising in Canada—is it just a chance to eat cake and have a news release? Absolutely NOT
Frustrated by the lack of movement and the realization that the problem was much bigger than one TV show, five of our original group established a non-profit organization to focus our efforts more broadly on improving the portrayal of nurses in the media, and especially in TV and films. We monitor news articles, songs, films and TV shows and analyze the best and worst of them on our website
There are many resources and other information about this initiative on the WHO website: a campaign toolkit and news about what is happening in other countries (see Additional Resources, below). In April 2020, the State of the World’s Nursing report will be released, and many celebrations will be held at the World Heath Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, in May
Canadian Health Infoway, CNA and the Canadian Nursing Informatics Association (CNIA) released the results of the 2017 National Survey of Canadian Nurses: Use of Digital Health Technology in Practice in mid-May
I understand the processes of the human brain and its ability to release different hormones. Positive thoughts and actions stimulate the release of serotonin, endorphin and oxytocin, bringing feelings of calm, happiness and bonding
Furthermore, caffeine blocks the peripheral actions of adenosine, which increases the release of serotonin and norepinephrine and reduces the transmission of painful impulses (Ren & Chen, 2020)