Nursing News Online: Nursing homes can't enforce a patient's bias

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Nursing homes can't enforce a patient's bias

Nursing News - September 7, 2010

Nursing homes can't enforce a patient's bias (Chambersburg Public Opinion)

Reacting to a federal court decision in Indiana, the county nursing home is striking out residents' racial preferences for caregivers.

Crouse Hospital's School of Nursing flunks financial test (The Post-Standard)

A low "financial responsibility" score for Crouse Hospital's School of Nursing may reflect increase in hospital's pension liabilities, causes by downturn in investment markets.

Program targets military as potential nursing students (Jacksonville Daily News)

A program in its planning stages will target military members and spouses in Onslow County interested in a career in nursing, according to officials with University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Harris Teeter offering flu shots to customers (Drug Store News)

CHARLOTTE,A N.C. Harris Teeter on Wednesday opened seasonal flu shot clinics in all of its 199 stores.

Huge Verdict Shakes Up Nursing Home Industry (Senior Spectrum)

During Cindy Cool's almost daily visits to the nursing home, she would routinely find her Alzheimer's-suffering father wearing urine-soaked clothes.

Nurse's fitness to practise impaired (Bury Free Press)

A mental health nurse from Somerset who started a relationship with a former patient through Facebook two weeks after she left his care had his fitness to practise impaired through misconduct, a Nursing and Midwifery Council disciplinary hearing found.

Tennessee medical schools get millions to turn out more doctors (The Daily News Journal)

Eleanor Fleming routinely went to the dentist and orthodontist growing up to make sure she had good oral health, but she didn't understand why others didn't do the same.

Labour focus shifts from private to public sector as governments slash deficits (The Winnipeg Free Press)

While the private sector bore the brunt of the economic downturn, union leaders are turning their attention to the public sector this Labour Day as deficit-obsessed governments put the squeeze on their workers.