Albany Med program ranked among top in nation for nurse anesthesiology

The current edition of U.S News & World Report magazine's "America's Best Graduate Schools" ranks Albany Medical College sixth in the country in the category of nurse anesthesiology, according to the school.
The ranking of the more than 1,000 graduate school programs are based on surveys sent to deans, and other administrators and faculty. The results will be published on April 3, with highlights to be featured in the April 9 issue of the magazine.

The Albany, N.Y., school is tied for sixth place on the ranking of the top 15 nurse anesthesiology programs.
Albany Med's 26-month program has 15 full-time students each year. The program combines classroom and operating room experience, and students are mentored by the anesthesiology team of Albany Medical Center Hospital.

Choice Award will recognize quality care, comfort and compassion offered by nurses at Galesburg Cottage Hospital, honoring one nurse in particular। This program, which solicits input from the community, will culminate with one nurse at Cottage receiving the Patient Choice Award during National Hospital Week and Nurses' Week, May 5-12।If you or a family member have come to Cottage Hospital for inpatient or outpatient care in the last year and have a nurse you'd like to thank, nominations will be accepted until May 4। To nominate a nurse, send the nurse's name and a few paragraphs explaining your nomination, along with your name, and the name of the patient, as well as your address, and phone number.



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More Foreign-Trained Nurses Leave Poor Countries To Work In U.S.

Washington D.C. (AHN) - According to the latest census figures, a large number of foreign-trained nurses are leaving their native countries to find work in the United States. The foreign-trained nurses constituted nearly 8.8 percent of all new registered nurses in the United States in 1990.
Newswire.com reports that the number had jumped to 15.2 percent in 2000. Also, 21 percent of percent of foreign-trained registered nurses belong to low-income countries as Africa; almost triple the rate since 1990.
The report, published in the American Journal of Public Health, says "The prospect for higher wages overseas attracts talented local workers to the field of nursing, which may increase local and worldwide nursing supply," the study's authors said.
Cautioning the nurses from leaving their home countries to work elsewhere, the study added, "The implications of policy changes should be carefully considered to avoid unintended consequences."

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