Nursing - News January 26, 2011

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Asia Stocks to Watch: Eisai leads Japan drug makers down on setback (MarketWatch)
Japanese pharmaceutical shares were dragged lower Wednesday as Eisai Co. stock tumbled a day after the drugmaker announced a setback to what was seen as a promising sepsis treatment.

Fight between Bridgewater nursing home, union continuing (Central Jersey)
The battle between the Somerset Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center and a union that wants to organize its workers is continuing.

Thinking young (Morris Daily Herald)
Kathy Rink, a registered nurse and pediatric quality coordinator in the emergency department at Morris Hospital, sits with board-certified emergency medicine physician Dr.

Betsy Watson Scholarship awarded to Truckee nursing student (Sierra Sun)
TRUCKEE, Calif. - The Truckee Sunrise Rotary Club announced the award of the Betsy Watson Nursing Scholarship for 2010 to Kai Amundsen of Truckee.

American Journal Of Nursing Announces 2010 Book Of The Year Awards (MediLexicon)
The American Journal of Nursing recognized the best nursing and healthcare publications of 2010 with an announcement of its Book of the Year Award recipients.

SA hospitals: the frightening facts (Pretoria News)
Itumeleng Phelane, a mother who's baby was one of six babies that died at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital last year.

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Nursing School Dean Michael Evans Appointed Next ANCC President (MediLexicon)

The American Nurses Association Board of Directors has appointed Michael L. Evans, a nursing school dean and former nursing executive and chief nursing officer at several hospitals, as the next president of the American Nurses Credentialing Center , the largest nurse credentialing organization and subsidiary of ANA.

HP And mothers2mothers Partner To Prevent Mother-To-child Transmission Of HIV In Africa (MediLexicon)

Today at the Digital Life Design conference, HP and mothers2mothers , a South Africa-based nongovernmental organization, announced a new collaboration that will use the power of technology to help prevent the transmission of HIV from HIV-positive pregnant mothers in Africa to their children.

Breastfeeding: Is Facebook Squeamish About Nursing Mothers? (The Hartford Courant)

This is a column about boobs. There. I said it. Jessica Martin-Weber is a Houston mother of five girls aged 12 to 12 months.

Comprehensive Foot Care Training Now Available Online for RNs and LPNs/LVNs (PRWeb)

Professional Education, LLC, is launching two comprehensive Foot Care Programs online for nurses.

BodyLase Skin Spa Hosts SmartlipoTM "Evening of Beauty" (PR)

Raleigh, NC, January 26, 2011 -- -- Karen Albright, president of BodyLase Skin Spa , has announced that the spa will host an "Evening of Beauty" on Thursday, Jan.

IOL pic jan26 aaron motsoaledi (Pretoria News)

Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi has complained about the poor services offered by state facilities.

Mercy employees to vote on union (Cincinnati Business Courier)

Employees at Mercy Health Partners will vote Thursday on whether to unionize. The Service Employees International Union election will involve 6,500 workers at seven of Catholic Health Partners' 32 hospitals.

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