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At Massena Memorial Hospital, nurses do their rounds using new machines to avoid medication errors and maintain the safety of their patients. The state Department of Health granted the amount of $141,000 to the hospital to acquire and implement a Bedside Medication Verification system. The new machines utilize a bar-code system to avert probable medication mistakes to MMH patients particularly in the medical, surgical, pediatric, telemetry and ICU. Before the nurses oversee the patient's medication, nurses will scan the barcode reader on the patient's hospital bracelet to read the patient's electronic medical record. This will help them to review the patient's information on allergies, recent test results, vital signs, medical history and other pertinent data. |
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Manitoba nurses are now informed about the no wage increase policy of the province. The agreement indicated that the said policy will be effective in the first two years of a 3 years work. The starting salary for nurses is $62,508. On the contrary of this policy, the 11,000 nurses will receive a one-time lump-sum payment which is equivalent to 2% of their annual pay. And a 4% increase will be given to them on the third year of their work. The proposed contract also discusses the provision of 2% increase of nurses’ pay once they reach 20 years of service. |
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Over the years the image of medical practitioners are recognized in a stereotype position. The plain, white starched uniforms and medical scrubs showed the aura of sincerity and strictness to the whole hospital environment. In the advent of technology, the medical uniforms now had undergone a major change. |
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