Eighteen states are considering legislation to address mandatory overtime, giving nurses protection similar to airline crews from overwork. Medical centers are being increasingly creative in efforts to recruit and keep their nursing staff. At abington memorial, nursing chair Linda Schofield says that to survive, hospitals MUST give nurses a bigger say. Nurses want to not just be part of a place where excellent care is given, but to have a role in decision-making and in staffing. The hospital has beefed up its scholarship program, offering a year of tuition in return for a year of work at the hospital.
Student nurses say the scholarship money is vital.
But going out without sunscreen could be risky. I'd never seen it before. It was small, but it was really dark. It was removed, and tests confirmed it was melanoma. Dr. Andrew Pollack of the Philadelphia Institute of Dermatology says that while some other cancers are declining, melanoma is on the rise.