If you haven’t had a chance to read the latest issues of NEWS-Line, I have finally posted the links to the most recent Q&As. A summary and links for the digital issues are posted after the break. ~ JMB
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February 2nd, 2012 
JMB 
Posted in Associations & Groups, Colleagues, Featured, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Radiology, Respiratory, Specialties, Speech/Language/Hearing 
Tags: Are You Tired of Being Wired, Cedarville University, Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, Irela R. Stout, Joanna J. Burgess, Keith Siegel, LifeStyle Physical Therapy, Marcelle Pick, Melissa A. Abrams, Melody L. Hartzler, Michele Kehrer, Misericordia, Pen Bay Medical Center, Scott L. Massey, The Core Balance Diet, Theraplay, WakeMed Cary Hospital 
No Comments »More Nurses Spending More Time on Non-Patient Care
February 1st, 2012 JMB 
The majority of nurses are spending one quarter of their twelve-hour shift on indirect patient care, which supports care delivery but does not require direct interaction with the patient. That is according to a recent study by Atlanta-based staffing and technology company Jackson Healthcare. The study also found the number of nurses reporting to spend [...]
Hewitt W. Matthews Receives APhA-ASP Outstanding Dean Award
February 1st, 2012 JMB The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) announced that Hewitt W. Matthews, Dean, Mercer University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, is the recipient of the 2012 APhA-Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) Outstanding Dean Award. He was selected in recognition of his active promotion of student pharmacist welfare and professional development, strong advocacy for student pharmacists, and marked [...]
Posted in Associations & Groups, Colleagues, Pharmacy, Specialties Tags: APhA-ASP, Hewitt W. Matthews, Mercer University No Comments »Lungs Infected with Plague Bacteria Also Become Playgrounds for Other Microbes
January 31st, 2012 JMB Among medical mysteries baffling many infectious disease experts is exactly how the deadly pneumonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, goes undetected in the first few day of lung infection, often until it’s too late for medical treatment. New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine has opened a door to [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary, Colleagues, Community Health, Family/General Practice, Lab, Long Term Care, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Tags: Immunology, Microbiology, Plague Bacteria, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, William E. Goldman No Comments »New Findings on the Benefits of Aquatic Therapy for Total Knee Replacement
January 30th, 2012 JMB 
According to new research findings and an AquaHab Physical Therapy case study, aquatic therapy appears to be highly beneficial for patients who have undergone a total knee replacement (TKR). A research team in Germany determined that patients who begin aquatic therapy just six days after a TKR are likely to experience improved results. Lead researcher, [...]
