ADDRESS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA NURSES AND MIDWIVES ON THE OCCASSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY 2017 . The members of National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives proudly associate and felicitate with all workers in Nigeria on this year commemoration of WORKERS’ DAY. Labour creates wealth of the nation and is the bedrock of nation building and sustainability of her development. The Nigeria Nurses in general reaffirm our belief and trust in the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress leadership; in unity we shall salvage our nation. This year’s theme of the Workers Day celebration is “Labour Relations in Economic Recession: An Appraisal”. This shows and confirms the dignity of labour which is in consonance with the ethics of Nurses and Midwives. Dignity of labour in Nursing and midwifery practice is centered on service to humanity without ethnic, religious, socio-economic class, and races bias. The Founder of International Council...

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST SCHOOL OF NURSING, ILE IFE, OSUN STATE.                           announces ADMISSION! ADMISSION!!ADMISSION!! SDA School of Nursing, Ile Ife hereby invites interested applicants to apply for One year Refesher Course Organised by Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria  (NMCN) for eliminated students. ADMISSION REQIUREMENTS : 1. 5 Credits level pass in WAEC/SSCE/NECO which must include: English language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics at not more than 2 sittings 2. Academic transcript detailing records of subjects offered from last attended institution 3. and other credentials SCREENING DATE : MAY 4, 2017 Thursday . ( Come along with writing materials) NOTE: Admission is open to all irrespective of race, colour, sex, tribe, religion or denomination. For further enquiries contact : 08067586504, 08060397414, 07057564313, 07068392096 NB: SDA School of Nursing, Ile Ife ...

FODOR PERFORMED FREE EYE SCREENING Igbajo is a community located at Osun Central Senatorial District. 15th April, 2017 was its 30th Igbajo Day Celebration. It's indegene from all over the world converged at the playground of Baptist Elementary School, Oguru to celebrate the Igbajo Day. Well wishers and several groups attended the occasion in great styles.  FODOR, a community health  non governmental organisation,  in its usual practice, wasn't left out. FODOR preformed free eye screening for many visitors and indigenes that attended the program. Seasoned and experienced ophthalmic nurses - Mrs Aninuntodun and Mrs Olubanke of LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Osogbo performed the visual acuity and refraction. They were assisted by other nurses and student nurses. Based on the outcome of the screening, a referral system was instituted.  In a related development, another group performed community health awareness in conjunction with FODOR. Basic medical screening were...

Do You Really Need to Take Vitamin D Supplements? T Researchers analyzing hundreds of studies say vitamin D supplements won’t protect healthy, middle-aged adults from osteoporosis. And even worse, they say the supplements may increase the risk of death from other diseases. But make sure you aren’t deficient in vitamin D before you stop taking the supplement, say Cleveland Clinic bone health experts. “The take-home message for patients with vitamin D deficiency should not be ‘you won’t benefit from vitamin D supplementation.’ Vitamin D can have a positive impact,”   says rheumatologist  Chad Deal, MD.   Adds rheumatologist  Johnny Su, MD,  “If you are healthy and are not getting treatment for any medical problems, you don’t have to worry about starting supplements. But if you are now taking supplements, be sure to get your vitamin D levels checked before stopping.” Who still needs their D People in the following categories should keep taking vit...

Many Physicians, Nurses Want Pain Removed as Fifth Vital Sign   Almost half of physicians and half of nurses strongly agree that pain should be eliminated as the fifth vital sign, according to a  Medscape survey . Medscape received more than 2100 responses to an online survey conducted in December 2016, a few months after the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Congress of Delegates  voted  to eliminate pain as a fifth vital sign. The AAFP delegates said the pain measurement — which has been used for decades — is subjective and has likely led to overprescribing of medications. Respondents to the Medscape survey were asked directly whether they supported the AAFP vote. While 47% of physicians — who were from multiple specialties — said they strongly agreed, 17% said they somewhat agreed, and 19% said they strongly disagreed. For nurses, 45% strongly agreed with the AAFP, 22% somewhat agreed, and 19% strongly disagreed. "I applaud the AAF...

10 Ways to improve the quality of care in health facilities There is increasing global awareness that good quality care is key to keeping mothers and babies alive and well. Today, each year there are 303 000 deaths of women during pregnancy and childbirth, 2.6 million stillbirths, and 2.7 million deaths of babies during the first 28 days of life. Better care can prevent many of these deaths. More babies are being born in health facilities. A new UN- and partner-supported "Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health" aims to help countries improve the quality of care in those facilities and to respect the rights and dignity of those who seek care. This photo story describes some of WHO’s recommendations on how countries can improve quality of care in their health facilities and prevent maternal and newborn deaths, based on its  Standards for improving quality of maternal and newborn care in health facilities . UNICEF/Asselin Pr...

A 10-step model for improving breastfeeding in NICU babies With an aim toward increasing breastfeeding among newborns in the NICU, Penn Nursing's Diane Spatz created a 10-step model especially for these families, which starts by helping them make an informed decision about breastfeeding, then guides them through the transition to doing so. Much breastfeeding emphasis and education in the United States focuses on healthy infants and their mothers rather than newborns admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Given  the benefits of human milk —decreasing infections and improving developmental outcomes, for example—NICU infants need it just as much, if not more, argues  Diane Spatz , a perinatal nursing and nutrition professor in the  School of Nursing and lactation program director at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia . They’re also less likely to breastfeed immediately due to separation from mom because of admission to the NICU. With an a...

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION’S RANKING OF THE WORLD’S HEALTH SYSTEMS World Health Organization’s Ranking of the World’s Health Systems 116  Some people fancy all health care debates to be a case of Canadian Health Care vs. American. Not so. According to the World Health Organization’s ranking of the world’s health systems, neither Canada nor the USA ranks in the top 25. Improving the Canadian Healthcare System does not mean we must emulate the American system, but it may mean that perhaps we can learn from countries that rank better than both Canada and the USA at keeping their citizens healthy. World Health Organization Ranking; The World’s Health Systems 1 France 2 Italy 3 San Marino 4 Andorra 5 Malta 6 Singapore 7 Spain 8 Oman 9 Austria 10 Japan 11 Norway 12 Portugal 13 Monaco 14 Greece 15 Iceland 16 Luxembourg 17 Netherlands 18 United Kingdom 19 Ireland 20 Switzerland 21 Belgium 22 Colombia 23 Sweden 24 Cyprus 25 Germany 26 Saudi Arabia 27 United Ara...

'Instantaneous results': How music transformed a man with Parkinson's Before Parkinson’s disease changed his life, Larry Jennings loved to sing, dance and play his guitar. A decade after his diagnosis, the 73-year-old Oklahoma man is once again able to dance with his wife, thanks to the therapeutic power of music.   Jennings’ remarkable improvement was captured on video that has gone viral since his physical therapist Anicea Gunlock shared it on Facebook.  The video, posted earlier this month,  at first shows Jennings struggling to walk around his home in Hartshorne, Okla., even with the help of a walker. But when Gunlock started playing music on her cellphone, Jennings’ stride immediately improved. Within a couple of minutes, Jennings was able to let go of his walker and even lead Gunlock in a dance. “I’d never seen anything like it,” Gunlock told CTVNews.ca in a phone interview Thursday. Gunlock explained how, after her very first session with Jenn...