Nursing - News January 24, 2011

I'd sooner let a Tesco butcher fix my toe than ask the NHS (Telegraph.co.uk)
For three weeks I've been limping around on a broken toe. The horse stamped on it and I'm in agony, but I'm not going to get it seen to because I do not want to go anywhere near my local hospital.

Vital Signs: Even health-care jobs can be tough to find (MarketWatch)
In another time, Sandra Jeffreys might not consider herself lucky. She works two days a week at a nursing home and does contingency home-care work that can give her as much as four days a month or none.

Mental health line calls increase (The Sligo Champion)
A mental health phone line has received nearly twice as many calls over the last year due to the economic crisis Monday January 24 2011 Calls for help to a mental health phone line almost doubled over the last year as the economic crisis impacted on people's lives, it has emerged.

9. Nurse Has Sex with Dying Patient, Loses License for 20 Years (WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg)
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.

NSW nurses rally over staffing levels (AdelaideNow...)
NSW nurses fear their voices are still not being heard, even as they continue negotiations with the state government over nurse-patient ratios.

Publicist: Zsa Zsa Gabor Returning Home (NBC Washington)
After spending time in the hospital that saw her leg being amputated, Zsa Zsa Gabor is planning to return home from the hospital, The Associated Press reported.

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