Devoted to the critical and contemporary topic of disasters and emergencies, the December 2009 issue of Nursing & Health Sciences has released a special issue entitled “Disasters and Emergencies: Preparing, Managing and Experiencing”. Published by Wiley-Blackwell, this collection of papers provides valuable insights from personal experiences and disaster reports as well as discussions of research findings aimed at improving the management of disasters and emergencies.

Swine flu vaccines will begin to be available this week. However, they won't be in sufficient supply for any but health care workers, which most states are reserving them for, to receive them.

Reports say hundreds of thousands of workers in the U.S. auto industry and auto parts manufacturing are looking for new careers because of layoffs. At the same time, there is a growing shortage of nurses in the health care field. Therefore, the former auto workers receive nursing training by getting various types of nursing degrees.

As the United States continues to experience a nursing shortage that is expected to grow to one million nurses by 2016, a new research study highlights a pool of potential candidates who could alleviate the shortage in an economical way.

Almost a third of registered aged care nurses are considering quitting in the next year because of job stress, says a new University of Melbourne study.

Edith Shain the famed V-J kissing nurse is back and will serve as a grand marshal in Tuesday’s Veterans Day Parade.

The solutions to Australia's general practitioner shortage are not just in increasing GP numbers, but in developing new roles to care for patients, according to research published by the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) based at The Australian National University.

The Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) says it will tell the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) that its members are not breaking any laws by walking off the job in the Torres Strait over workplace health and safety issues.

In workplaces where nurses are bullied, the quality of patient care declines, the health of nurses suffers, and the retention of quality nurses becomes difficult. A new article published in the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing reviews the psychological and social issues related to bullying in the workplace and strategies for creating a respectful work environment.

Planned strikes of nurses at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez are eventually canceled. The cause of this action was successful negotiations and closed bargains.

Registered nurses have canceled a planned three-day strike at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez after gaining significant results at the bargaining table.

Hospital staff nurses who work extended hours, work at night, struggle to remain awake at work, or obtain less sleep are more likely to experience a drowsy driving episode, according to a study published in the December 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.