A retired Owen Sound nurse has compiled a 72-year history of nursing education at Owen Sound General & Marine Hospital School of Nursing and at its brief successor, the Owen Sound Regional School of Nursing.
Asking patients to track their nausea and vomiting after a course of chemotherapy helped the health care team to adjust medications and achieve better control of symptoms, according to the results of a small single center study.
Nurses are frequently placed in situations where they lack the time, and in some cases the resources to care for patients in the way they would like to.
Alberta Health Services is launching a two-year pilot project to introduce a new medical position to clinics, hospitals and long-term care homes across the province.