Nursing - News January 27, 2011

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Will Mercy employees unionize? Vote is Thursday (Middletown Journal)
About 6,500 employees of Catholic Health Partners, including Mercy Hospital of Fairfield, will vote Thursday on whether to unionize.

Inquest sought into Manitoba mana s death (Toronto Sun)
The head of an aboriginal organization is blaming the death of a 27-year-old man in a northern Manitoba community on inadequate health care.

Cal State to begin offering doctorates in nursing (KTVN Reno)
California State University will soon start offering doctorates in nursing at several of its campuses.

Preventing a nurse shortage in Iowa (Http)
AGE: 59 FAMILY: Husband Jay Wangerin; six children HOMETOWN: Emmetsburg, Ia. Lives in Clive.

Election canceled after union drops Lee's Summit nurses (KansasCity)
The union that's fought to keep representing nurses at Lee's Summit Medical Center has decided to withdraw as that group's bargaining agent, hospital and union officials said.

Crandell earns Extra Mile Award (Calhoun Times)
Luisa Crandell, RN, has been awarded Gordon Hospital's prestigious Extra Mile Award.

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.

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Virus hits Pitman Manor residents, worker (CourierPostOnline)

More than a dozen residents of a Gloucester County senior citizens facility have come down with a gastrointestinal condition in the past two weeks, a county official confirmed Wednesday.

Not flushable: Giving birth in the bathroom (Examiner)

CHICAGO, January 26, 2011-- It seemed incredible, but the story came out several days ago in the USA.

State fines Cayuga Medical Center after doctor operates on wrong side of patient's back (The Post-Standard)

The state has fined Cayuga Medical Center $8,000 because a doctor at the Ithaca hospital operated on the wrong side of a patient's back during spinal surgery.

The Confusing Costs of Continuing Care (SmartMoney)

Al Green was ready to make his last move, he settled on a residential community that offered tiered care independent, assisted, and nursing near his alma mater, Penn State.

Orasqualia Awarded African PPP Water Deal 2010 (Market Wire)

OCI Construction Group Cairo, Egypt / 27 January, 2011 10:15 AM Orasqualia Awarded African PPP Water Deal 2010 by Euromoney's Project Finance Magazine Orascom Construction Industries announced today that its 50/50 joint venture with Spanish group Aqualia has been awarded "African PPP Water Deal of the Year 2010" by Euromoney's Project Finance ...

Hospital wants its $16M back from failed computer system (Post Tribune)

The Methodist Hospitals claims in a federal lawsuit that the company it hired in 2006 to help steer it out of a financial mess instead directed it to a new computer system that wasted $16.6 million.

Will Mercy employees unionize? Vote is today (Dayton Daily News)

About 6,500 employees of Catholic Health Partners, including Mercy Hospital of Fairfield, will vote today on whether to unionize.

Lawrence considers referendum, health-care partnership (The Indianapolis Star)

The Lawrence Township School Board took a big step this week toward reducing the school district's health-care costs.

First baby of 2011 reunited with CRMC staff (Log Cabin Democrat)

The first Faulkner County baby of this year was born, though he wasn't ready to be, on Jan.

Well: Breast Implants Linked to Rare Cancer (International Herald Tribune)

Breast implants - both saline- and silicone-filled, and whether for reconstruction after cancer surgery or for cosmetic enlargement of the breasts - may cause a small but significant increase in the risk of an extremely rare type of cancer, writes the New York Times health reporter Denise Grady.

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