Nursing - News January 8, 2011

Cowpoke gives $4,000 to Sutter's Breast Health Center (Granite Bay Press-Tribune)
From left, Amy Beazizo, clinical manager of the Breast Health Center at Sutter Roseville Medical Center, receives a check for $4,000 Tuesday from Bert Braun, cofounder of the Cowpoke Foundation, as Patrick Brady, CEO of Sutter Roseville Medical Center watches the transaction.

Health centre to replace hospital (BBC News)
A small community hospital in Powys which was facing cuts is to be replaced by a A 4.9m health centre, it has been announced.

Why Federal $$ for Nursing-Care IT Would Be a Good Investment (BNET)
Long-term care is the stepchild of the healthcare industry. So it's not surprising that none of the $27 billion extended by the federal government for health information technology is available to nursing homes and other LTC facilities.

Headaches noted day before deadly gas leak (CBC)
Resident were evacuated from a wing at St. Mary's Villa Boxing Day because of a carbon monoxide leak.

Staffing levels for health-care professionals are inadequate: HSAS (Regina Leader Post)
Cathy Dickson, president of the Saskatchewan Health Sciences Association, addresses news media on the state of negotiations, while Bill Fischer, chairman of the Health Sciences negotiating committee, watches from background REGINA a ' The union representing healthcare professionals such as paramedics and hospital pharmacists returned to the ...

West Michigan doctors, nurses help Haitians suffering aftermath of earthquake, hurricane (MLive)
Holland Hospital nurse Delynn Uema gets to know a young Haitian girl in Sassier, Haiti.

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Redmond Regional Medical Center awarded Joint Commission...

John Quinlivan, CEO; Kay Rhodes, CNO; Deborah Branton, VP of Ethics, Compliance & Risk; Marsha Colwell, Cardiovascular Service Line Director; Toni Puckett, Heart Failure Accreditation Coordinator; Beth Tolbert, Othopedic Case Manager; Edma Diller, Director of Regulatory Affairs and Patient Safety Officer Awards seal Rome, GA, - " Redmond Regional ...

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