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Nursing - News January 19, 2011 See Nursing Weather Reply (CBS2) Lawmakers may still be debating the health care law, but health care providers are already preparing for the newly insured. Don't Put Off Talking About The Inevitable: Care At Life's End (WGBH) Only about a quarter of adults have advance directives in place. On the relatively infrequent occasions when people do sign advance directives, they're usually thinking about what they would want in a crisis rather than for a chronic illness. NHS reform proposals under fire (This Is Lancashire) The Government is due to take the first step towards passing controversial legislation that will lead to more than 150 NHS organisations being scrapped. RWJF Grant To Benefit Chattanooga State Nursing Students (Chattanoogan) Chattanooga State nursing faculty members Kathy Rose and Charlotte Webb. Two faculty members from the nursing program at Chattanooga State Community College have been awarded grant funding by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Loan defaults sting Tennessee nurses (Chattanooga Times Free Press) Dozens of Tennessee nurses have had their licenses suspended for ignoring their student loans under new enforcement of a decade-old statute, state officials said. Nurse Has Sex with Patient, Loses License (CBS News) Amber Van Brunt OKLAHOMA CITY Amber Van Brunt, a 33-year-old nurse who worked in an Oklahoma hospice program, is being banned from the profession for 20 years after she allegedly had sex with a married terminally ill-patient at his home. Community college funding jumble (The Peninsula Gateway) Surgical technician students at Clover Park Technical College practice scrubing up before surgery Jan. MPs Attack Coalition Plan For NHS 'Upheaval' (Sky News) The Government's plans for the NHS will introduce "significant institutional upheaval" without really changing its aims, according to a damning report from MPs. More Nursing News... Nursing Local Business New regulations protect same-sex couples' visitation rights in hospitals (MLive) Gay and lesbian rights advocates applaud a change in federal regulations that takes effect today protecting the rights of same-sex couples to visit each other in the hospital. FRESH TALKMedical Residency Ruling Will Hurt Hospitals, Care (The Hartford Courant) Last week, the Supreme Court ended a long-standing debate over whether or not doctors-in-training, better known as medical residents, are "students" or "employees." The nation's high court, in its misguided wisdom, concluded residents should not be classified as students. Swisslog Healthcare Solutions Earns Record Sales in 2010 (PRWeb) Swisslog Healthcare Solutions , a leading provider of automated materials transport and pharmacy automation solutions for hospitals, today announced that 2010 was the most successful year in its 96-year history. Read Nursing Local Business...

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