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HCP Live
Donor livers are scarce, donated organs are precious, and transplant surgeons make the final call on whether to transplant a particular patient.
The severity of illness is easy enough to measure. When the patient has a history of using marijuana, drinking too much alcohol, or even smoking tobacco comes up, the issue of who gets a liver can become tricky.
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By Keith Carlson
The adage that nurses eat their young may sound like old news, but it still rings as true today as it did 20 years ago. From internalized oppression to the power of patriarchal dominance, there are many reasons given for the egregious ways in which some nurses treat one another. Meanwhile, some of us have witnessed nurses who are openly intolerant of patients or colleagues. As nurses, we are responsible to speak out when witnessing a nurse demonstrating intolerance.
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Tech Times
Despite an increase in organ donors' numbers, one in ten patients are dying before getting an organ for transplant. The National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom revealed approximately 49,000 transplant patients spent the last 10 years waiting for organ donors to be available. Around 7,000 waitlisted patients are still uncertain about getting the organs they need.
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Reuters
Many U.S. nurses are satisfied with their pay but a lot of them would choose a different job or career path if they could, a new survey suggests.
Overall, nurses typically earn more — $95,000 to $170,000 — with advanced degrees that let them specialize in areas such as anesthesia, midwifery and primary care, according to the Medscape Nurse Salary Report 2015. These nurses are generally more satisfied with their pay than others in the profession.
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The Blaze
Eight women across the U.S. have begun the screening process to potentially receive a uterus from an organ donor in an effort to carry and birth children from their own bodies. This risky and incredibly dangerous procedure is welcomed by these women who have an intense desire have a baby. Dr. Andreas G. Tzakis, who is said to be the driving force behind this project, is the director of solid organ transplant surgery at a Cleveland Clinic hospital in Weston, Florida. He is committed to giving women an alternative to adoption or surrogacy to expand their family.
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Nurse.com
Back in the day, when you became licensed as a registered nurse, a licensed practical/vocational nurse or an advanced practice nurse, you sat for your NCLEX-RN or NCLEX-PN boards and met the requirements for an APN license in your state. When you passed your exams or met APN requirements, you were issued a license to practice nursing as an RN, an LPN/VN or APN in your state.
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Medical Xpress
Fewer than one in three hospitals employ a full-time doctor who specialises in liver medicine, according to a survey of 144 hospitals in the U.K. The results — published as part of a new report examining progress since The Lancet Commission on Addressing Liver Disease in the UK was published in 2014 — suggest that staffing levels for liver specialists are worryingly low in some regions, and that patient outcomes may be suffering as a result.
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Philly.com
Short adults are much less likely than average-height adults to get a lung transplant, and they're more likely to die while waiting for one, the findings from a new study suggest.
Women are particularly affected by this bias because they tend to be shorter than men, the researchers said.
"Surgeons commonly try to match small transplant candidates with small donor lungs, because they believe it leads to better outcomes," study leader Dr. David Lederer, said in a medical center news release.
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Becker's Hospital Review
A nurse's work environment has as much influence as nurse staffing on performance across most measures, according to a recent Press Ganey Holdings report called "Nursing Special Report: The Influence of Nurse Work Environment on Patient, Payment and Nurse Outcomes in Acute Care Settings."
The report — which comes from statistical analysis of National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators, HCAHPS, engagement and pay-for-performance data — examines relationships between nurse work environment, staffing and key performance measures.
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Memphis Business Journal
A $40 million gift has been donated to Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and the University of Tennessee Health and Science Center, according to a press released from MLH.
It is the largest since donation in the healthcare system’s history, which spans nearly 100 years. “This generous gift will greatly impact the scope and level of care provided by our transplant program,” said Gary Shorb, CEO of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in the press release.
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The Scotsman
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) has said that a proposal to introduce an opt-out system for organ donation in Scotland could lead to “increased rates of deceased organ donation”.
Glasgow Labour MSP Anne McTaggart has lodged her Transplantation (Authorisation of Removal of Organs) Scotland Bill at Holyrood, which proposes to introduce a soft opt-out system where everyone would be considered a donor by default.
The current system requires people to join the NHS Organ Donation Register.
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