Nursing - News January 15, 2011

Nurses' Long Work Hours, Scheduling Can Increase Patient Mortality (Newswise)
A new study has found that patient deaths from pneumonia and acute myocardial infarction were significantly more likely in hospitals where nurses reported schedules with long work hours.

Nursing Class Lisa ... (The Morning News)
NURSING CLASS Lisa Stockdale's senior licensed practical nurses program class learns priority assessment Thursday on simulated patients at Northwest Technical Institute in Springdale.

Pills are newest concern in abortion debate (Deseret Morning News)
Proponents on both sides of the abortion argument aren't just battling over broad terms like pro-life or pro-choice. The hot issue now is abortion-related pills and how they should be given.

Students complete nursing program (Cordele Dispatch, Cordele, GA)
Amber Brown and Rachael Tabor of Cordele graduated this fall from the Darton College Nursing Program with Associate of Science degrees.

Another nursing program pushed (The Robesonian)
The Robeson Community College board of trustees was told Thursday that a one-year licensed practical nurse program would bring jobs to Robeson County, and a vice president of the institution suggested one might be in place as soon as 2012.

PHOTOS Naples-based Hope for Haiti aids parts of country beyond earthquake zone (Marco Eagle)
Asked to stand in line for a dose of Vitamin A and an anti-parasitic pill, a group of 3-year-olds suddenly went numb with fear.

Gov. John Kasich plans to modernize Ohio's Medicaid (Newark Advocate)
Gov. John Kasich on Thursday unveiled his vision for reinventing the cash-strapped state's health care delivery system, particularly Medicaid, and cutting its costs.

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The flu has turned deadly in Georgia, but there is still time to do something about it.

Hospital transition chief arrives in the Keys (The Reporter)

Trustees for Fishermen's Hospital have a new management officer in place whose specialty is hospital reorganizations.

Survey of Nurses from America's Leading Hospitals: 93 Percent Feel Hospitals More Prepared to Handle Flu Season Demands Than Last Year (Canada)

As the height of the flu season approaches, a survey of 525 nurses from America's leading hospitals reveals that 93 percent of nurses are confident that hospitals are "far better prepared" to handle a potential pandemic than they were this time last year.1 Additionally, 91 percent of the nurses responded that their hospitals had fully incorporated ...

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