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Friday, December 31, 2010

Afghan casualties doctor knighted

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Nursing News - December 31, 2010
The doctor in charge of treating injured soldiers flown back from Afghanistan and Iraq has received a knighthood in the New Year's Honours.
THEY have been a rock of support to countless women in Hampshire struggling to battle breast cancer.
Dr. Tom Caraccio, left, and poison center director Dr. Michael McGuigan, at the Long Island Regional Poison Prevention Center in Mineola.
Emergency department overcrowding can result in long waiting times for seriously ill patients.
This Month in Science
This Month in Science (St. Louis - riverfronttimes)
Here in St. Louis, lots and lots of people are working tirelessly to explain the meaning of life -- not in the philosophical sense, but literally: How does the universe work? Here are some of the discoveries they've made this month, as reported in Riverfront Times and Daily RFT : Barnes-Jewish Hospital installed its first "lean" nursing unit in the ...
SWINE flu closed a Merseyside hospital to visitors as health bosses today tried to stop the virus spreading.
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Thursday, December 30, 2010

JPS nurses take health information straight to the homeless

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Nursing News - December 30, 2010
By Jan Jarvis FORT WORTH -- Blurry vision has made life on the streets all the more challenging for Thomas Lujan.'I have a lot of trouble seeing,' said Lujan, 49, who says he has been homeless for six years.
An editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine says sleep-deprived doctors should tell patients their sleep status.
Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland's last communist leader, has been admitted to hospital with pneumonia, media said on Wednesday.
Keeping fit in the mall (ClipSyndicate)
Now that the holiday season is winding down, the shopping mall may be the last place you want to be today.But there is a large community of people who lace up their sneakers and hit the malls without any intention of spending any money.It's not even January 1st yet and many already feel the weight of their resolution to start exercising.Joining a ...
Marathon man braves Arctic run
Marathon man braves Arctic run (Bicester Advertiser)
IF you think you have had it bad through the recent cold snap, spare a thought for Tony Jones.
Cooper Green hospital. The Jefferson County Commission on Tuesday delayed a $1.9 million nursing contract at Cooper Green Mercy Hospital beA cause the document was unclear, according to Commissioner Joe Knight.
Scotland's health service is only being held together through "goodwill and unpaid overtime", the nation's top doctor has warned.
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

NHS Trust hits target again

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Nursing News - December 29, 2010
NHS Trust hits target again (Andover Advertiser)
ANOTHER target-hitting year has been achieved by Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust's infection prevention and control team.
Luke Kuchta couldn't imagine not having a camera in the delivery room for the birth of his first child.
Edward White Hospital has opened a 30-bed skilled nursing unit. The unit is designed to support orthopedic and other post-surgical patients who need extra time in the hospital to recover, as well as patients requiring short-term skilled and rehabilitative services.
UT-Arlington students, other Dallas-area groups unite on Sierra Leone aid project (Dallas Morning News)
A cohort of North Texas students and charitable organizations has taken a major step toward restoring hope to the war-torn West African nation of Sierra Leone.
Helping patients experience death
Helping patients experience death (Herald-Standard)
A handful of local hospitals recently started volunteer programs that train ordinary people to sit with those who are alone and dying.
Carbon monoxide forces evacuation of home (Star Phoenix)
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Beaumont to lay off up to 50 managers and administrators (Detroit News)
Beaumont Hospitals has eliminated about 60 managerial and administrator positions since the fall - a number higher than originally announced - and is also cutting an unspecified number of staff employees, a hospital official said.
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Rise in complaints about Basildon Hospital

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Nursing News - December 28, 2010
HOSPITAL bosses are to take action following a rise in complaints about Basildon Hospital .
Tyler County Hospital Nursing school has the kind of problem anyone running this kind of program wants: they are respected enough that far more people apply to the school than they have room to accept.
Suburban Woman Celebrates 105th Birthday (CBS2)
Mary Wood was born in 1905, the same year as Babe Ruth and George Halas. And as WBBM Newsradio 780a s Nancy Harty reports, Wood is still living in Flossmoor, and she celebrated her 105th birthday Sunday.
Retired archbishop may get out of hospital (KNOE-TV Monroe)
New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond says retired Archbishop Philip Hannan is expected to be moved from a hospital to a skilled nursing facility.
Small-town doc has charged $5 a visit for 55 years (MSNBC)
Rushville, Ill., is the kind of place where backyards have gardens instead of grass, and sunflowers wave in the wind.
Hospital a source of pride to early black community (Post Tribune)
The dilapidated, three-story brick building at 22nd and Massachusetts looks like a mean glance could send it crumbling down.
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Monday, December 27, 2010

Nursing chief: patients could die as a result of NHS cuts

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Nursing News - December 27, 2010
Dr Peter Carter, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, said plans to find 20 billion in savings meant that at least 27,000 NHS workers would lose their jobs, with "many more" at risk.
This Christmas, one Idaho family had a special reason to celebrate -- or should we say two special reasons to celebrate.
New to the East Coast hospital (National Post)
Anish Joseph and identical twins, Liji Alex Puthuchira and Siji Alex Puthuchira were recruited from Kerala, India, to help ease the nursing shortage in rural Newfoundland.
More N.C. jobs likely amid big challenges
More N.C. jobs likely amid big challenges (The Charlotte Observer)
Theresa Ulyatt and Barry Whaling lead Ballantyne-area tech company Smarter Systems, which plans to hire in the new year.
Christmas mood festive in FD (The Messenger)
Christmas is just another day of the calendar on the third floor of Tompkins Health Center at Friendship Haven.
Breast milk networks gaining popularity, despite warnings (Canada)
There are 350,000 babies born in Canada each year and the physicians group estimates that seven per cent of these births are premature.
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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Signature HealthCare to build $13M nursing home

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Nursing News - December 26, 2010
Nine months after choosing Louisville, Ky., over Nashville as its corporate home, Signature HealthCare is moving to expand its presence in nursing homes here.
Report charges nursing homes (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
For-profit nursing home companies led by Kindred Healthcare Inc. and Sun Healthcare Group Inc.
Nevada Nursing Professor Awarded National Institutes Of Health Grant To Study Detection Of Ischemia (MediLexicon)
Main Category: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Also Included In: Blood / Hematology Article Date: 25 Dec 2010 University of Nevada, Reno Orvis School of Nursing researcher Michele Pelter has been awarded $377,000 from the National Institutes of Health to study detection of ischemia, a condition that can lead to heart attacks.
NHS staff cuts could cost lives, says nursing chief
NHS staff cuts could cost lives, says nursing chief (Guardian Unlimited)
Patients could die because staffing levels in the NHS are being reduced to dangerously low levels, the leader of Britain's 400,000 nurses has warned.
Jimmy Carter vs. guinea worm: Sudan is last battle (News Times)
In this Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 picture, former President... In this Nov. 4, 2010 photo, Ajak Kuol Nyamchiek, 7, watches while John Lotiki, a nurse with the Carter Center, bandages the blister on her leg from where a guinea worm is slowly emerging in Abuyong, Sudan.
CA Nurses Strike Billion-Dollar Felon, HCA (OP Ed News)
Become a Fan Registered Nurse Estella Chavez With support from California Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield and California State Senator Fran Pavley, along with an enthusiastic nod from Governor-elect Jerry Brown and sanctioning from LA Federation of Labor, Central Labor Council of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, registered nurses from Riverside ...
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Saturday, December 25, 2010

The Christmas Rush: Getting Wounded Soldiers Home

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Nursing News - December 25, 2010
If you're rushing around on this Christmas morning, rest assured that your task is neither as urgent nor as complicated as that of the Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan.
December 22, 2010 -During an evening ceremony on Wednesday, December 15th at the Lee Auditorium, families, friends and well wishers joined the American Samoa Community College Nursing staff... local health care professionals and government officials to celebrate nine students completing the Practical Nursing Program.
Riverside Community Hospital nurses walking the picket line (Press-Enterprise)
Registered nurses took to the picket line outside Riverside Community Hospital on Thursday to start a five-day walkout they hope will move stalled contract negotiations in their favor.
Coroner attacks OAP drugs blunder scandal (Sunday Sun)
CHANGES have been made in the way drugs are handed out following the death of John Gallagher.
The Rev. Bob Lee retires after 18 years (Burlington Free Press)
Where to begin? At the end, suggests the Rev. Bob Lee, who says amen early next month to an 18-year stint as senior minister at the First Congregational Church in Burlington.
SIUE to offer nursing doctorate (St. Louis Business Journal)
Date: Thursday, December 23, 2010, 7:07am CST - Last Modified: Thursday, December 23, 2010, 7:08am CST Southern Illinois University Edwardsville a s School of Nursing will offer a doctor of nursing practice , post-mastera s degree program beginning in fall 2011, the St.
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Friday, December 24, 2010

No New Meetings Planned to Avoid WVU Hospital Strike

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Nursing News - December 24, 2010
West Virginia University Hospital and nearly 900 members of a service personnel union have still not reached an agreement on a new labor contract, and there are no more meetings planned before the Dec.
Kathy Buss, manager of the Loaves & Fishes Irving Street Center, shows her surprise to volunteer Minhquang Phan after Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center nurses Desi Shubin , Denise Fall and Cyndy Evans announce their donation of $7,321 to the center, which has faced financial troubles.
Breast-feeding moms reveal secrets (CNN)
All newborn babies cry, but Anika Reese seemed to be in a category all her own. She screamed in pain nearly all the time, grabbing her own little cheeks so forcefully she sometimes drew blood.
Baby has HIV test after milk mix-up (Shropshire Star)
Thursday 23rd December 2010, 5:20PM GMT. A premature baby had to be tested for HIV after twice been given milk from strangers at Lewisham Hospital A premature baby girl needed testing for HIV after a hospital twice gave her breast milk from strangers, it has been revealed.
Hospital ward refurbished after fatal fall (Scarborough Evening News)
A SCARBOROUGH hospital ward was completely refurbished after a 95-year-old man died from falling and hitting his head on a solid wood floor dating back to 1930.
Wernick: Palmyra employees in transition period (The Albany Herald)
In an attempt to clear up some confusion, Phoebe Putney Health System CEO Joel Wernick used a called meeting of the Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Board to address a few concerns regarding the acquisition of Palmyra Medical Center.
Med school pain course revised over concerns about possible pharma influence (CFRB)
A complaint about perceived drug industry involvement in a pain management course for medical students has prompted the University of Toronto to revamp its curriculum.
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Thursday, December 23, 2010

HomePlus earns Home-Care Elite award

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Nursing News - December 23, 2010
HomePlus, the region's full-service home medical services provider, has been named to the 2010 HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the most successful Medicare-certified home health care providers in the United States, for the fifth consecutive year.
The NHS helpline is "at breaking point" after the number of calls it receives soared by 50% in the past few days, it has been claimed.
Hundreds of Nurses to Strike at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital (WNEP)
More than 400 nurses will go on a one day strike at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Thursday.
Arlington family fears for relatives in Sudan (KNDO - Yakima)
Arlington resident Karlin Lissa wanted to go home for Christmas. The certified nursing assistant took on overtime shifts at Providence hospital in Everett a year ago to save up money for her trip back to the Sudan.
SOS for 4x4s to keep nurses mobile (Whitby Today)
Medics in the West Midlands have sent out an SOS to owners of 4x4s to drive nurses around and "help patients receive vital treatment". West Midlands Ambulance Service made the urgent call as nurses struggled to get out into the community because of treacherous snow and ice.
WVU Hospitals prepared for strike (The Times West Virginian)
The president of West Virginia University Hospitals said Tuesday he's disappointed the union for nearly 870 employees plans to strike when its contract expires Dec.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Nursing students spread holiday cheer at hospital

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Nursing News - December 22, 2010
Santa, three of his helpers and three reindeer walked past the coffee stand and rows of vendors sitting at tables selling jewelry and other gifts.
SLU gets $200,000 from Arthur Vining Davis (St. Louis Business Journal)
Saint Louis University said Tuesday it received a $200,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations in Jacksonville, Fla., to teach teamwork and collaboration to more medical and graduate-level health sciences students.
Donor Spotlight: School of nursing alumni chip in $240 for Lend-a-Hand drive (Argus Leader)
The Sioux Valley Hospital School of Nursing closed in 1986, and its alumni are scattered across the country.
Lander Department of Nursing Honors Top Graduates
Lander Department of Nursing Honors Top Graduates (Greenwood Today)
Pictured from left to right: top row, Ann Nugent, Matt Bridwell: bottom row, Karen Turner, Lathleen Ficklin, and Crystal Edwards.
Sometimes, even - Wonderful Women' need a helping hand (Trenton Downtowner)
Trenton residents Star Wright and Nadirah Austin were recipients of a oeJust-in-Timea grants last year.
Vomiting bug closes hospital ward (BBC)
Visitors and new patients are to be stopped going onto a hospital ward after an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug, norovirus.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Nursing group hires Hurley

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Nursing News - December 21, 2010
Nursing group hires Hurley (Portland Business Journal)
A health care industry veteran has agreed to lead the state's foremost advocate for nursing job creation.
The snow is adding to the winter pressures on the NHS, causing staff shortages, record calls to ambulance services and dwindling blood supplies.
City settles religious discrimination case with Orthodox Jewish nurse (New York Post)
New York City has settled a lawsuit with an Orthodox Jewish nurse who was denied a job at a city hospital because she couldn't work on the Sabbath.
Nursing service reaches higher level with doctorate degrees (Leader Times)
When Lisa Bratton-Henry graduated from the Shadyside Hospital School of Nursing in 1986 as a registered nurse at age 19, she had no idea nurses could be "doctors." "Never in a million years," she said.
Hospital infection control slammed (Borders Today)
A city hospital has been told to improve infection control as a "matter of urgency". Inspectors found problems at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee including poor hand hygiene, a lack of alcohol gel and overflowing linen bags.
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Monday, December 20, 2010

Kaatz Retiring from USD School of Health Sciences

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Nursing News - December 20, 2010
Brian Kaatz is ending a 22-year career in higher education when he retires in June as dean of the School of Health Sciences at the University of South Dakota.
The death toll in a fire that swept through a budget hotel in the northern Philippines has risen to 16 after one of the survivors died in a hospital.
Bank nursing costs revealed (Western Telegraph)
Hywel Dda Health Board spends around A 112,000 a month on nurses in Pembrokeshire working flexible hours or a on the banka , the Western Telegraph can reveal.
Nursing homes fined for substandard care
Nursing homes fined for substandard care (NY Daily News)
Jeff Sicklick, Executive Director of the Bronx Center for Rehabilitation and Health Care.
Survivor: smugglers cut engine (The West Australian)
A woman who survived the Christmas Island boat tragedy has told how the Indonesian crew cut the engine in the dead of night and promised the asylum seekers that the Australian navy would come to get them.
Red Cross to use nursing assistants on ... (Warrnambool Standard)
BLOOD donors will be cared for by assistants without nursing qualifications under a money-saving employment overhaul by the Australian Red Cross Blood Service.
Local universities address nursing shortage (The Baltimore Sun)
Driven by two trends - the graying of the profession and a bedeviling national nursing shortage - Baltimore-area colleges and universities are expanding programs to not only train the next generation of nurses but address a looming shortage in their own faculty ranks.
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Sunday, December 19, 2010

NZ nurses resort to wearing flea collars

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Nursing News - December 19, 2010
A FLEA problem in hospitals in New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, is forcing some nurses to wear flea collars to ward off the blood-suckers, The New Zealand Herald reported Sunday.
Visiting nurses launch annual appeal (The Wilton Bulletin)
Wilton's Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County has launched its 2010 Annual Appeal.
Hospitals poised to trim ER waits
Hospitals poised to trim ER waits (Calgary Herald)
Alberta Health Services employee Barb Lemarquand-Unich, left, sits with Dr. Laurie Ann Baker, head of the Rockyview Hospital emergency ward, who says, "patients are going to see physicians and nurses a lot faster." Photograph by: Ted Jacob, Calgary Herald, Calgary Herald A lberta's health authority hopes waits for emergency care will shorten when ...
Appeal for off-duty nurses to help at hospital (Bucksfreepress.co.uk)
STAFF shortages at Wycombe hospital caused by the snow has led to an appeal for off-shift nurses to come in to work today.
Memorial Services, Vigils Planned For The Homeless (The Hartford Courant)
In recognition of National Homeless Persons Memorial Day, memorial services and candlelight vigils will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday in Middletown , Meriden and New Britain .
The GOP's Strange Ideas About Helping the Poor
The GOP's Strange Ideas About Helping the Poor (New Republic)
My latest column for Kaiser Health News : Rep. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is not just a Republican.
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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Woman mauled by chimp reunites with doctors who saved her

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Nursing News - December 18, 2010
Charla Nash, wearing a veil, reunites with members of the Stamford Hospital medical team that saved her life.
Making Thyme Kitchen's new product, dairy-free, vegan cookies for lactating mothers, in three flavors.
I-Team 10 investigation: Nursing home settlement (WHEC-TV Rochester)
A four-year legal battle over a woman's care at the Jewish Home comes to an end.
Breast-feeding opportunities will increase under healthcare reform
Breast-feeding opportunities will increase under healthcare reform (Portland's CW32 KRCW -TV)
Breast-feeding at work should become a lot easier as employers adhere to a provision of the Affordable Care Act of 2010.
Russian whistle-blowing doctor fears dismissal (Black Hills Bandit)
And then, Putin called him back. Ivan Khrenov told Putin during a live call-in show Thursday that his bosses instructed doctors and nurses to show fake pay slips and pose as recovering patients surrounded by new equipment during the premier's November visit to a hospital in the central town of Ivanovo.
Hundreds of nurses plan SoCal strike next week (Modesto Bee)
Hundreds of nurses plan to strike hospitals in Southern California over the Christmas holiday to protest stalled contract talks.
BJC Debuts New
BJC Debuts New "Lean" (But Not Mean) Nursing Unit (St. Louis - riverfronttimes)
Barnes Jewish Hospital feels bloated, so it's time to get lean. Judging from the mauve and turquoise color scheme, it's been about 25 years since Barnes Jewish Hospital's abdominal transplant unit's old digs on the sixth floor got remodeled.
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