Business as Usual from the AMA in Opposing Health Care Reform

In keeping with its long history of successfully opposing health care reform, the American Medical Association (AMA) is, surprise, doing it again. And here's a recent AJN editorial on some nurse-led solutions to improving care and reducing costs that should be part of any reform plan: "nurses can help to build the infrastructure we’ll need if we’re to shift from an emphasis on acute care to one on health promotion, chronic care management, and primary care . . . . "

H1N1 Virus (Swine Flu) Update: Nurse Catches It from Patient; WHO To Upgrade to Phase 6 Pandemic

Nursing Times reports today that a nurse in Scotland has contracted the H1N1 virus from a patient. As the World Health Organization (WHO) meets this morning to almost certainly upgrade the virus to a phase 6 pandemic—perhaps reflecting not so much its severity thus far as its rapid spread around the globe—here's a useful table succinctly describing the phases of a pandemic.

Go to Top