Nurse-to-Nurse: Communication Diversity and Bridging the Gap is a two-day conference for practicing nurses, nurse leaders and educators that will provide a forum for understanding personal communication styles and how they affect cultural and generational interactions. The conference, scheduled for Sept.

Commenting on the release recently of the Healthcare Commission Report 'Better Births - A Review of Maternity Services in England', Dame Karlene Davis, general secretary of the Royal College of Midwives, said: "The good news is that many women are happy with the service, and that many Trusts are making great efforts to further improve their maternity care. It is a great shame that the good examples are overshadowed by the bad ones.

The American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA) has designated September 14-20, 2008, as "Nephrology Nurses Week" to encourage employers, patients and others to thank the nurses who work tirelessly to save kidney patients' lives and improve care. The event will be celebrated nationwide with activities recognizing and rewarding nephrology nurses, highly-educated specialists who care for patients with kidney disease.

In advance of its House of Delegates meeting which will attract elected delegates from across the country to discuss the systemic issues of the profession, the American Nurses Association is taking its members to the halls of Congress on Tuesday, June 24 to ensure their voices are heard on Capitol Hill. One of the key issues, as a top concern among nurses and the public they serve, is safe staffing.

Suzan Ulrich, CNM, DrPH, FACNM of Ripley, NY was inducted into the Fellowship of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (FACNM) at the ACNM 53rd Annual Meeting in Boston this May. Dr. Ulrich received her midwifery degree at Georgetown University in 1983. She completed her Doctor of Public Health degree in 1991 from the University of Pittsburgh. Currently, Dr.

A 43 year old registered nurse from Aston, Birmingham has been struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register for physically and verbally abusing a vulnerable care home patient. Reolebile Moswate was employed at Hillview Court Care Home in Sauchie in September 2006 when she grabbed an elderly patient by the face and shook her head because she was having difficulty eating.

The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee welcomed the recommendation of the St. Luke's Blue Ribbon Panel to rebuild the endangered San Francisco hospital.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has led negotiations with NHS employers over the past year and has won a 10 per cent increase in all Agenda for Change Standard and Regular Mileage Allowances for nurses across the United Kingdom. Nurses have been feeling the pinch with rising fuel costs and many are struggling financially to travel to and from work.

The federal agency that oversees labor law has ordered Fremont-Rideout Health Group to stand trial on charges that it violated the federal rights of its registered nurses, enforced work rules in a discriminatory manner, and engaged in other serious violations of law. An administrative law judge of the National Labor Relations Board will conduct the hearing, which is scheduled to begin on August 18 in Sacramento.

A 32 year old registered nurse from Newcastle upon Tyne has been cautioned by the independent Conduct and Competence Committee panel for the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for dishonesty. Herdwick Mushava was issued with a five year caution order by her profession's regulator after admitting one offence of deception by fraudulently claiming sickness pay, for which she received a police caution. Mushava received £1059.