Nursing - News January 28, 2011

Oxfordshire's three main hospitals are failing you (Oxford Mail)
THREE Oxfordshire hospitals have 28 days to come up with an action plan to deal with "worrying" staff shortages and patient waiting times, a watchdog has warned.

Union backs out of hospital (Lee's Summit Journal - Lee's Summit, ...)
More than 15 months after a vote by Lee’s Summit Medical Center Nurses that decertified the National Nurses Organizing Committee, the union has pulled out of the hospital.

USDA To Fund 45 Rural Telemedicine Projects (InformationWeek)
The United States Department of Agriculture has announced that it will fund 45 telemedicine projects to increase access to healthcare in rural areas.

Students get dose of the real world at nursing center (News 8 Austin)
More than 130 Bell County high school students left school Wednesday to spend the day in the real world.

SJSU planning to offer doctorate in nursing (Inside Bay Area)
San Jose State is preparing to open its doors next year to nursing students seeking to earn the highest degree in academia: the doctorate.

Funding boost for dementia group (Isleofbute Today)
A dementia support group is being given A 300,000 to help fund specialist nurses.

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Med school still finds favor among backers (Clinch Valley News)

Despite changes in leadership, both of the original clinical allies for King College's proposed medical school continue to support the concept, more than two years after it was first announced.

Nursing school to open, despite... (Houston Business Journal)

Proposed budget cuts to the state's Professional Nursing Shortage Reduction Fund have not halted the forward motion of a new Houston nursing school on track to open in February.

Opportunities Abound with Healthcare Reform (Nurse)

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Winthrop Hospital Gives a Potentially Life Saving Tour (Mineola American)

A heart attack can be a painful, life-changing and frightening thing. Just ask North Hempstead Town Clerk Leslie Gross and hospice nurse Nancy Black.

the Buckingham Honors Local Volunteer (KHOU-TV Houston)

After retiring from AT&T after 25 years, Frankie Santoro has stayed very involved with their volunteer organization, The Pioneers.

Timberhorn Healthcare Solutions Increasingly Offers Travelers (Press Release News From 24-7 Press Re...)

Timberhorn Healthcare Solutions recently announced that a number of their customers at healthcare facilities across the country are now also utilizing their firm to provide travelers on thirteen week assignments.

Obsessions: 9021-OB-GYN (CNN)

After years of tabloid photos of celebrities buying coffee, going to the gym and occasionally flashing the camera as they step out of cars, there's not a whole lot that is private in Hollywood anymore -- including childbirth.

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