Memorial Hospital proudly announced that Angela Sloca, a dedicated emergency department nurse, was honored for an ...

Though they have been downplayed for years, complications of strangulation can occur within days or months and can linger for ...

Exposing a wound to 100% oxygen may speed healing. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can be done in a number of ways. It can be given in a special type of room called a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. In this ...

Troy Regional Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Nurse Practitioner Shannon Godsave has become the first nurse practitioner ...

More reproductive health training is needed for nurses and doctors working in primary care, a new report has suggested. The ‘Women’s reproductive health conditions’ report, published today by the ...

The demand for nurse practitioners (NPs) is experiencing significant growth. Driven by an aging population and the expanding roles of NPs within the healthcare system, NP employment will grow by 40 ...

While a laceration can often be deep, you may be able to treat a deep cut without stitches. Taking care of the wound the right way can prevent infection and hospitalization, ensure proper healing, and ...

About 36,000 nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants are walking off the job for eight hours today over what they say are critical threats to patient safety. Nurses Organisation chief executive ...

American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin suffered a puncture wound to her abdomen and "severe muscle trauma" after crashing hard during her second run of a World Cup giant slalom race on Saturday in ...

The head of the Manitoba Nurses Union isn't surprised that another front-line health worker is deeply concerned about escalating violence in their workplace. A letter written by a veteran nurse ...

They are doing like the wound care that patients can't receive from general practitioners," she said. "We are applying all of the core competencies of our nursing training and then taking foot ...