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Two directors from the New Jersey Collaborative Center for Nursing based at the College of Nursing at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, have edited a book to help nurse leaders and researchers to successfully translate evidence-based research into health policy. "Nursing Policy Research," edited by Geri L.

For the second year in a row, a New Mexico Department of health nurse won the Distinguished Nurse of the Year award from the New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence. The Center for Nursing Excellence recently honored 23 nurses out of 201 candidates. "My congratulations to our award winning nurses and to all the dedicated nurses in our Department who work hard every day to serve people in need," said Health Secretary Dr. Alfredo Vigil.

In a small pilot study, scientists in Sweden found that probiotic or so called "friendly" bacteria were just as effective as an antiseptic at reducing pathogenic bacteria that can cause pneumonia in hospital patients on ventilators. The study was led by Dr Bengt Klarin from the University Hospital in Lund, Sweden and is published this week in the BioMed Central open access journal Critical Care.