Newswise — An analysis of Milwaukee County pharmacies shows that about half don’t provide prescription labels and instructions in languages other than English, and almost two-thirds are unable to communicate to patients who don’t speak English. The study, included in the upcoming edition of Pediatrics, is unusual in that its lead author is a Medical College of Wisconsin 4th-year medical student. Michael Bradshaw worked with statistician Sandra Tomany-Korman under the direction of Glenn Flores, M. D., professor of pediatrics.
“Language barriers can have major adverse consequences in health care, but little is known about whether pharmacies provide adequate care to the 23 million Americans who have limited English proficiency (LEP) ..... Full Story
| BOSTON – With the finding that fever is produced by the action of a hormone on a specific site in the brain, scientists have answered a key question as to how this adaptive function helps to protect the body during bacterial infection and other types of illness.
Reported by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), the study results appear today in Nature Neuroscience’s Advance Online Publication.
“This study shows how the brain produces fever responses during infections,” explains senior author Clifford Saper, MD, PhD, Chairman of the Department of Neurology at BIDMC and James Jackson Putnam Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience at Harvard Medical School ..... Full Story
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| The American Academy of Nursing (AAN) is pleased to announce the inaugural 2007-2008 AARP-AAN Fellowship!
Designed in partnership with AARP, this unique public policy opportunity will be housed at the AARP “think tank,” the newly created Public Policy Institute (PPI) led by Susan C. Reinhard, RN, PhD, FAAN. PPI works extensively with all divisions with AARP and with thought leaders in the United States and the international public policy arena. The AARP/AAN Fellow will have significant opportunities to impact policy development.
The Fellow will report to the CEO of the Academy and the Director of the PPI .....Full Story
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All NCEMNA members are encouraged to consider the PhD Program at Yale University School of Nursing (YSN). Students accepted into this program receive full tuition, a generous stipend, and health care coverage.
The PhD program at YSN builds on the school's long tradition of linking practice, education, and research. Scholarship emphasizes the interchange among clinical practice, research, and teaching, based on the belief that research develops from practice (and vice-versa) and that both inform teaching. The commitment to the preparation of the next generation of ethnically diverse scholars, educators, and clinical scientists is reflected in the strong research emphasis of the PhD program at YSN.
Students in the PhD program work closely with faculty members and have numerous opportunities to participate in ongoing faculty research .....Full Story
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