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Thursday, September 30, 2010

American Red Cross now accepting nominations for Spectrum Awards

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Nursing News - September 30, 2010
Do you know an extraordinary woman who has made a difference in South Florida? If so, the American Red Cross wants to hear from you.
A group of nurses is helping some people by answering their calls anytime, day or night.
Human resources professionals have seen multiple waves of technology point solutions -- from recruiting systems to performance management systems to compensation- and succession-planning tools.
Doctors are trying to stop a new state policy allowing advanced-practice nurses to administer anesthesia without a doctor's supervision.
When administrators at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point talk about the school's recently announced nursing program, they are quick to mention the partnership with central Wisconsin's technical colleges.
MORE THAN 300 nurses, carers and senior health workers are expected to protest against job cuts in Oxford today.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Hartford Hospital Blasts Anthem In Letter To Patients

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Nursing News - September 29, 2010
A Hartford Hospital executive skewered Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut for being the lowest payer of medical services among health insurance companies in a letter mailed to 43,500 patients.
WANTED: A nurse takes care of Edward Kasaija after he underwent surgery at Mulago Heart Institute.
Every week, a group of volunteers in Rockland visits residents of local nursing homes and adult homes, helping them resolve issues about the quality of care or services they receive.
The professional order, representing Quebec nurses is opposed to euthanasia and assisted suicide, suggesting the province should instead invest more to catch up in providing palliative care.
City councillors have agreed to reduce voting hours in most retirement homes and some other institutions during the October 25 municipal election.
With more than 76 million people born between 1946 and 1964, the baby boomer population makes up one-third of the American workforce.
Healthcare capacity building and academic innovation are the strategic priorities of a new Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing center aimed at improving care and outcomes for patients, families, and communities throughout the world.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Infant dies after overdose by Seattle Children's nurse

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Nursing News - September 28, 2010
SEATTLE An infant died at Seattle Children's Hospital after a nurse gave the child ten times the intended dose of medication, according to a staff e-mail sent by the hospital CEO.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Kansas more than $775,000 to help people navigate long-term care options.
Medicare sales calls, policy comparisons, and "new patient" fees: Real Deal 3 for 1 9-27-10 People who are on Medicare, or will be soon, have likely already started getting calls from insurance companies looking to get them to sign up for a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan.
Nurse Jenny calls time on 40-year stint
Nurse Jenny calls time on 40-year stint (Ayton Today)
A SCARBOROUGH nurse is set to retire after a 40 year career in the town. Jenny Gorse, of East Ayton, will step down as a district nurse on Wednesday after helping thousands of patients in the town.
Friendships remain vital for nurses (Jewell Cardwell)
Much has changed about the nursing profession in the 50 years since Sue Gangl graduated from Akron General Hospital School of Nursing.
Nurse practitioners fill critical roles (WTTV Indianapolis)
The demand for health care professionals is growing faster than that of any other career, especially for nurses who pursue advanced education and training to achieve top-level expertise.
Woman dies after hospital turns her away (The Star)
FOR TWO hours Sylvia Jacobs lay on a gurney, clutching her heart and struggling to breathe.
Self-harm care training inadequate, says study (Northampton Today)
Healthcare professionals are not receiving the right training to help people who self-harm, new research by specialists at the University of Nottingham has revealed.
Our View: Partnership to add UWSP nursing degree (Wausau Daily Herald)
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point deserves credit for addressing a major need in the local health care community.
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Monday, September 27, 2010

Teaneck dentist fixes teeth, raises ...

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Nursing News - September 27, 2010
Teaneck dentist fixes teeth, raises ...
Teaneck dentist fixes teeth, raises ... (North Jersey Media Group)
In a makeshift dental clinic in Cambodia, set up in a school next to a monastery, where chickens ran free and a six-foot-long pig slept all day, a monk sat down in Dr.
Kay Rennie is 84. Aphrodite Pedia is 91. Both are unable to walk, relying on scooter and wheelchair.
Chemical Attack Drill at Mountainside Hospital (Barist)
If you drove by Mountainside Hospital last week and saw a bunch of people outside wearing space suits, you werena t witnessing the docs playing dress-up as astronauts.
Murray St. to offer doctor of nursing practice (WDRB-TV Louisville)
Murray State University is starting a new doctorate of nursing practice program with the first classes on course to be offered in 2012.
MountainTop Community Church founder Bill Elder returns to the pulpit
MountainTop Community Church founder Bill Elder returns to the pulpit (The Mobile Register Online)
The Rev. Bill Elder, senior pastor of MountainTop Community Church, returns to the pulpit today after a long rehabilitation from a stroke he suffered on Christmas Eve.
Representative gets firsthand look at revised home care program (Mt. Airy News)
Jody Yaeger, director of Surry County Senior Services, chats with Norma Clark, who utilizes the Personal Care Services program that is undergoing changes.
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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Local: Health workers' flu shot rate low

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Nursing News - September 26, 2010
Thousands of people will get flu shots in the central San Joaquin Valley this fall.
The new Middle Tennessee Medical Center impresses Michael and Detra McElroy and her adult son Antonio Madison.
Women remember early years of nursing at 50-year reunion (The Times)
Dr. Keeta Wilborn, chairwoman of the Brenau University Department of Nursing, talks with a group of the first graduating class of the Hall School of Nursing.
Nursing program drives Samford University to record enrollment
Nursing program drives Samford University to record enrollment (Everything Alabama)
Trey Hartman moves his daughter Savannah's desk while her roommate Claire Baldwin, right, decides what to unpack next in their new room at Lena Vail Davis Hall on August 27, 2010.
Liberty Commons, Britthaven, UHS Pruitt vie for 60 Johnston nursing beds (Triangle Business Journal)
CLAYTON Three health care providers are vying for 60 nursing homes beds available in Johnston County, though state health facility regulators have four options before them.
Nursing home opens in southern Stafford (The Free Lance-Star)
When Dennis Lyons takes visitors on a tour of his new nursing home, one of the first stops is the kitchen.
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Saturday, September 25, 2010

Speaker: Prescription drug abuse a pressing issue

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Nursing News - September 25, 2010
Kimberly Coley, pharmacist and administrator at New Horizons, speaks about different treatments for prescription drug treatment at a drug addiction seminar hosted at Berry College's WinShape Retreat Center.
Eric Baum couldn't find a job as an English teacher after graduating in 2004 with his bachelor's degree and needed one with benefits.
New end of life program inspires STC nursing students (Valley Morning Star)
WESLACO Six South Texas College nursing students pondered how they would prepare for the possibility of their own imminent deaths, sitting just doors away from four patients facing that very situation.
Wiltshire youngster's amazing recovery from horrific burns
Wiltshire youngster's amazing recovery from horrific burns (This Is Wiltshire)
A four-year-old Wiltshire boy has made a miraculous recovery after suffering horrific burns when his pyjamas caught fire at home.
'Junk Food Run' For Pediatric Patients (Wellington Town-Crier)
Little Smiles held a 'Junk Food Run' Friday, Sept. 10 from BJ's Wholesale Club in Royal Palm Beach to the Palms West Hospital pediatric unit.
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Friday, September 24, 2010

Mounting costs

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Nursing News - September 24, 2010
Mounting costs
Mounting costs (Fort Worth Business Press)
From the mild concussions due to hitting one's head to grisly head injuries from car wrecks, brain injuries can run the gamut, but bonks on the head can add up to real changes for patients.
Members of the Service Employees International Union-West, which represents 11,000 health support workers in Saskatchewan, have given a new contract tepid approval.
New nursing home is first in years BLOG: The region's first new... (The Free Lance-Star)
The regiona s first new nursing home in more than 20 years is ready to receive residents.
Lawmakers seek to protect student athletes' heads (WVEC-TV Norfolk)
Doctors warned lawmakers on Thursday that student athletes risk altered lives and permanent brain damage if schools don't protect them from the effects of blows to the head.
Report: Area patients paying less (O-R Online)
This article has been read 621 times. A report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council found costs for patients in Washington and Greene counties were generally lower than Western Pennsylvania and statewide averages.
Staff shortages force hospital departments to close (Sleaford Today)
A south east London hospital is set to shut its emergency and maternity departments because of fears over public safety due to "serious" staff shortages, officials have confirmed.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Woman led to nursing by Scripture

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Nursing News - September 23, 2010
Joyce Long, right, gives Geri Roberts a flu shot at The Decatur Daily last week.
Quebec's Finance Minister Raymond Bachand says a fee for hospital visits "would have given patients an incentive to use the health care system more efficiently." Kenyon Wallace, National Post With its popularity plummeting amid a growing corruption scandal, the Quebec government has decided it doesn't have the stomach to push ahead with plans to ...
Health updates; the cholera fight goes further, nurses protest poor conditions (CRTV)
During a meeting in Douala organised by the coordination organisation for the Fight against Endemic Diseases in Central Africa, the participants elaborated a plan on how to contain the disease.
Mental health pros boo haunted house at asylum (York Dispatch)
Since the last residents left more than 20 years ago, Pennhurst State Hospital has been vacant, its sprawling complex of buildings crumbling, overcome by brush in the suburban Philadelphia countryside.
Patient injection complaint upheld Hospital bosses have been accused... (Boness Today)
Hospital bosses have been accused of breaching a patient's human rights after an elderly woman was injected with drugs against her will.
UN sponsors nursing freshman's global health club
UN sponsors nursing freshman's global health club (Daily Pennsylvanian)
Nursing freshman Kiahana Brooks graduated from Harvard University in the spring.
Use of physical restraints decreases in nursing facilities, but... (McKnightsonline)
Use of physical restraints, falls, and emotional and behavioral symptoms dropped at nursing and rehabilitation facilities across the country over the last decade.
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Health system failed us says dead boy's parents

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Nursing News - September 22, 2010
Health system failed us says dead boy's parents (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Sebastian Parman pulls a face on his fifth birthday but dies when he is six from scarlet fever in Geraldton hospital after a delayed diagnosis Family members of a six year-old WA boy who died after his illness went undiagnosed for two days are upset by comments by the Health Minister Kim Hames.
Officials say a one-day strike has been averted in northeast Nevada with a tentative agreement between the nurses' union and Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital.
USCA nursing school interim dean dedicates children's book to father
USCA nursing school interim dean dedicates children's book to father (Aiken Standard)
Dr. Maggie Dorsey's father, Earl Thurmond Sr., was just 53 when he died of colon cancer in 1985.
$2.25 Millon Settlement Reached In Nursing Home Lawsuit (Channel3000)
A Madison law firm has settled a lawsuit filed against a Sun Prairie nursing home for $2.25 million, said attorneys who represent the family of Cynthia Wilms.
License of Whatcom County nursing assistant who assaulted 2 disabled clients pulled (TheNewsTribune)
The state Department of Health has pulled the license of a Whatcom County nursing assistant convicted of slapping two vulnerable adults she cared for while working at a Blaine residential facility for developmentally disabled adults.
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SLU nursing prof wins $1M grant for HPV work (Bizjournals)
A Saint Louis University nursing professor has received a $1.05 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to pursue her research on Human Papillomavirus and cancer.
Kids on Mainecare finding it tough to get glasses (WLBZ)
The new school year brings a surprising learning obstacle into focus in Portland schools: more than 200 students are in desperate need of glasses, but can't find eye doctors who will acept Mainecare.
'Central Park Jogger' to headline annual nursing symposium
'Central Park Jogger' to headline annual nursing symposium (MyCentralJersey)
If the name Trisha Meili doesn't ring a bell, think back more than 20 years. Meili is the woman who was attacked on April 19, 1989, while jogging in Central Park.
Heartbeats: Nursing shortage isn't affecting Matheny (MyCentralJersey)
Hospitals and health care facilities around New Jersey have long been concerned over a growing nursing shortage.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Exercise brings fun to safety

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Nursing News - September 21, 2010
Tammy Rawlings , a student nurse from Rogers State University, with Mary Waters, a registered nurse at Oklahoma State University Medical Center, check out a mock patient's room for mistakes.
The emergency room can be a frightening place for children. Despite colorful decorations, it's still loud, fast-paced and full of machines.
Nursing students not intimidated by protests over working conditions (News 12 WRDW)
The Dedication of Hands to the Nursing Profession marks a symbolic beginning into nursing training.
Christian Principal of Layyah Nursing School on target due to her belief (Pakistan Christian Post)
Lahore, Pakistan: September 20, 2010. The Muslim nurses of District Headquarter Hospital Layyah went on strike on September 17, 2010, when advised to resume duties after Iftar in Holy month of Ramadan of Muslims and to avoid using cell phones during duty hours by the administration.
How to maintain healthy weight during the holidays
How to maintain healthy weight during the holidays (Http)
As thoughts turn to the holiday season, visions of special cakes and cookies take shape and plans for celebrations begin.
IOM To Hold Briefing On Oct. 5: Ways Nursing Can Advance Health Care Improvements (MediLexicon)
Since its inception in July 2009, the Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine has worked to develop a blueprint for using nurse-led models of innovation to improve the health care system.
Paterson's No. 2 Calls for Medicaid Overhaul (New York Times)
Describing Medicaid as a "massive program" whose growth threatens the state's finances, Lt.
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Monday, September 20, 2010

End-of-life issues among topics at nursesa annual gathering

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Nursing News - September 20, 2010
They care for the sickest patients, who sometimes die on their watch. When they do, critical care nurses want to make their final days and death as peaceful and painless as possible.
By Shain Germaner Marcelle Evans rubs the massive bruises on her wrists. The 80-year-old is lying in the intensive care unit, but these injuries aren't the reason why she was admitted to hospital.
More males than ever entering nursing programs (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Patients often mistake Dominic Denicola for a doctor. "A lot of people don't realize there are lots of male nurses out there," said Denicola, 21, a senior at Duquesne University's School of Nursing who works as a nurses' aide at St.
Nursing: 5 Things to Know About Being an LPN (All Voices)
An LPN is a Licensed Practical Nurse. Carrying this credential means that you have been trained to provide patient care at a certain level in a variety of settings.
Bringing WWI nurses back (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Mairead Berne, left, and Coralie Bywater ... appearing as nurses underneath the former site of a World War I convalescent hospital.
Nurses union president worried about shortages
Nurses union president worried about shortages (Terrace Standard)
NORTHERN HEALTH Authority officials aren't buying BC Nurses' Union president Debra McPherson's claims that there's trouble when it comes to hiring and training nurses.
Print Exclusive: School nurses treat more than just 'boo-boos' (The Daily News Journal)
Ethan Toone spent much of the summer on the baseball field, but in late July, his parents noticed he was extremely lethargic after a baseball tournament.
Missing diamond story is a gem of a tale (Boston Globe)
This is a story about an oval-cut diamond, a weedy parking lot, two nurses, a saint, and one-and-a-half miracles.
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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Cherry Hospital - The rest of the story: Nurses speak out

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Nursing News - September 19, 2010
After months of reading about patient abuses at Cherry Hospital, those on the floor are speaking out and saying they are getting hurt, too.
Heather Bryan, Adam Davis Announce Their Engagement To Marry (Alleghany Highlands - The Virginian R...)
Heather is the daughter of Eddie Bryan of Covington and Loretta Horne of Roanoke.
Nursing and Rehab brings care home (East Bay Business Times)
Timely care and a seasoned staff is behind the impressive patient recovery rates that make Nursing and Rehab at Home a first choice for many homebound patients on the Peninsula.
SC Nurse Betty's goal: See every patient every day (Clover Herald)
There were 183 patients at Rock Hill's Piedmont Medical Center on a recent Tuesday.
Doctor who allowed a suicidal patient to leave hospital apologises
Doctor who allowed a suicidal patient to leave hospital apologises (Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard)
THE doctor who allowed a suicidal Cotswold author to leave hospital in just pyjamas and slippers before leaping to his death from a multi-storey car park just 30minutes later, has issued a heartfelt apology to his family.
Loyola Nurses Strut Their Stuff for YouTube Sequel on Breast Cancer (Newswise)
Loyola University Health System nurses may be part of the next YouTube craze thanks to their Pink Glove Dance Video Sequel, which launches today.
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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Telemedicine would save health system cash, patients time

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Nursing News - September 18, 2010
A think-thank urges medical consultations by phone or Internet. Photograph by: Allen McInnis, The Gazette MONTREAL a ' Saying "what's up, doc?" to a physician on the phone instead of sitting around for hours in a hospital waiting room could save the beleaguered health-care system a bundle, a Montreal economic think-tank says.
Chaminade University dedicated a nurse education center Thursday night for its brand new nursing program.
Deaths lead to change - in methods (Scarborough Evening News)
Drop Folder News. Pic Kevin Allen.. Scarborough's new consultant orthopaedic surgeon Nick Evans.
Vital Therapies Expands SILVER Trial To Saudi Arabia (MediLexicon)
Vital Therapies, Inc., is pleased to announce that the first subject has been enrolled at National Guard Hospital in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the further expansion of its SILVER clinical trial to the Middle East.
Musgrove_news published Paula Colclough, Nursing Assistant in the Accident and Emergency
Musgrove_news published Paula Colclough, Nursing Assistant in the Accident and Emergency (Taunton People)
Department at Musgrove Park Hospital, won the title of August Employee of the Month in the hospital's in-house award scheme.
$2 million given to nursing school (The Times-Herald)
"This gift is cause for great celebration," said Beheruz N. Sethna, president of the Carrollton-based UWG.
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Friday, September 17, 2010

Intensive care diaries protect patients from PTSD, researchers find

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Nursing News - September 17, 2010
Now researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care have found that if staff and close relatives make a diary for patients, featuring information about their stay and accompanied by photographs, PTSD rates can be significantly reduced.
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center laid off 30 full-time workers this week, including nurses , as it continues to thin its employee ranks.
Local Universities Help With Nursing Shortage
Local Universities Help With Nursing Shortage (WHSV)
Nationally, and around the state of Virginia, there is a need for more nurses. However, Harrisonburg does not have quite as great a need as the rest of the state.
Imperial Club names directors for nursing, food service (Miami's Community Newspapers)
By Lynn Carroll. The Imperial Club Retirement Community, 2751 NE 183rd Street, Aventura, named Evelyn Watkins director of nursing and Hector David Lima director of food services.
Prescription bill aims to track deception (Mansfield News Journal)
Two Republican Ohio House members want to revamp how the state's dangerous drug database can be used to keep pills off the streets.
Urgent Steps Needed To Tackle Inadequate Support For Women With Secondary Breast Cancer (MediLexicon)
Many said that they felt ill equipped to care for women with secondary breast cancer and that their time was dominated by meeting the needs of women with primary breast cancer.
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