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Houston Community College is currently under  a conditional status after many of the nursing graduate from the college performed below average and failed the the National Council Licensure Examination over the past three years. The Texas Board of Nursing, which oversees nursing programs in Texas is championing this downgrade of the nursing programme in the institution, though this is not the first time the community college nursing programme is having a problem. Read more of the news after the jump.  However, the Chancellor of the school insists the programme is at the level it should be but need some little upgrade.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF VACANCIES Project Description:  Centre for the Right to Health (CRH), a non-profit organization, dedicated to research, training, service delivery and advocacy for the full realization of the right to health in Nigeria, especially for vulnerable groups seek qualified and committed persons to fill the under listed positions in her newly established Drug Dependency Drop in Centre (DDDiC). This community based centre will provide drug dependency and addiction treatment, counseling and support services to people who use drugs and their families.   1. DOCTOR (Part-Time) Qualifications: Practicing Medical Doctor;  Minimum of 2 years clinical experience. Must be knowledgeable about drug dependency and addiction treatment and rehabilitation. Must be comfortable working with drug users and their families. Must be a flexible and dynamic team member. 2.  NURSE Qualifications:  Registered practicing Nurse; min...

Evaluation of the internal and external responsiveness of the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH) tool for assessing acute and chronic wounds. Click here to get a copy of the abstract.

THET Partnership for Global Health is a UK charity Organization which encourages partnerships between Land Middle-Income country's NGOs and that of the UK as a channel to empower the global health needs.Through it's website one can search for partners in various categories. Below is a call for Grant from THET.  [forwarded from Health Information Updates to and from Africa, Partnerships in Health Information https://jeanshawphi.wordpress.com/author/jgreigshaw/ ] to HIFA forum. Applications are now open for: Surgical and Anaesthetic Healthcare; Community Healthcare projects from West, East, Central and Southern Africa. Grant recipients must be from eligible partnerships between UK & Irish institutions and their partners in Africa. There are two funding tiers - GBP 10,000-20,000; GBP 20,000 - 50,000. See the Grant overview for full information about application criteria. Stage 1, Project Outline can be downloaded from here. Webinar on 22nd January 12.00 - 13.30 -...

Below is a call from APPG (Copied from HIFA forum)  for a nursing review across the globe in order to get the profession to standard and as well prepare the profession toward meeting the Sustainable development Goal (SDG). This is a great movement by the Parliamentary Group as it may. help to widen the scope of nursing practice and ensures universal practices and policy. The directives for sending your opinions as well as the survey questions can all be seen after the jump.  

New rules come into force today (18 January) governing the free movement of professionals, including health professionals, around the EU. For the NHS in Europe, the new rules will help the service maintain its workforce and keep patients safe, the NHS Confederation claims. Existing EU law provides for holders of certain qualifications, such as medical and nursing qualifications, to have their qualifications recognised in EU countries other than the one in which they trained. This means they can practise across the EU with the minimum of barriers and delay. Key changes for the NHS in the new rules include updated minimum training requirements for midwives, doctors, general care nurses, dentists and pharmacists, as well as the introduction of an EU-wide warning system to guard against rogue professionals entering the UK from other EU countries and vice-versa. Other updates include stronger language controls, speeded up online procedures for registering general care nur...

We are going on an all inclusive trip to Mexico at an 4.5 star hotel. The dates are 5/19/16 to 5/24/16 ( new licensure period) The price includes hotel ( food, drinks, room), registration for our event( 15 Contact hours for RT's and RN's), non-stop airfare leaving from Newark airport( but you can  leave from another airport and pay your own airfare), and transports to and from Cancun to our hotel (Viva Wyndham Rivera Maya Resort). Register here For more details- Please click on this link For topics and speakers- please click on this link