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More than 500 urologic health care professionals traveled to historic Philadelphia, PA, for the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates (SUNA) 39th Annual Conference, October 3-6, 2008. The conference was designed for urologic professionals at all levels - nurses, technicians, medical assistants, physicians and physician's assistants.

Tine Hansen-Turton, CEO of National Nursing Centers Consortium (NNCC) and vice president of health Care Access and Policy at Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), was awarded the Sharp Cutting Edge Award by the American College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP). ACNP presents the Sharp Cutting Edge Award to individuals who display extraordinary dedication to the nurse practitioner community.

The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) has today launched a survey asking nurses and midwives about their current appraisal processes and how they'd like to see them developed for the future. The survey, launched at the NHS Employers Conference in Birmingham and available on the NMC website is an initial scoping exercise forming part of a major undertaking to develop a system of revalidation whereby nurses and midwives provide evidence of their continuing fitness to practise.

A nurse convicted of defrauding her NHS Trust employer with false sick notes while earning money working for an agency was struck off the professional register at a hearing of the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) in Cardiff.

A Teeside nurse who failed to monitor and adequately inform patients in a clinical research study has been struck off the register.