Nursing - News January 16, 2011

Former student becomes nursing school's president (News 10 Now)
A former student of the Saint Elizabeth College of Nursing in Utica returned to lead the school at the beginning of last semester, and Saturday he was officially inaugurated as its second president.

Hospital employees show dedication during storm (Rome News - Tribune)
Snow dusts the trees near Technology Parkway. With nurses, doctors and other staff sleeping on air mattresses and empty patient beds, snowbound hospitals resembled employee slumber parties.

Hundreds of King County's public health workers receive pink slips (Vashon-Maury Island Beacber)
More than 100 nurses, social workers, administrators and interpreters who provide support to low-income pregnant women and new mothers in King County will lose their jobs next month, according to Public Health - Seattle & King County.

Funding gaps leave many schools lacking nurses (KHWB-TV Houston)
Most public schools nationwide do not have a full-time nurse, and one-quarter have no nurse at all.

Hit squads of matrons to probe patient care (Telegraph.co.uk)
The teams of senior nurses will carry out their inspections without warning, as part of a Government bid to tackle widespread failings, especially in the treatment of the most vulnerable.

N.J. hospitals exceed national standards in avoiding infections (Millville News)
Research teaching specialists Danielle Amisano and Dr. Padmapriya Banada work with test spit samples at the the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Medical School Center for Emerging and Reemerging Pathogena Division of Infectious Diseases in Newark in this file photo.

Nurses' Long Work Hours, Scheduling Can Increase Patient Mortality (Newswise)
A new study has found that patient deaths from pneumonia and acute myocardial infarction were significantly more likely in hospitals where nurses reported schedules with long work hours.

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Portable Blood Sugar Levels For Pregnant Women Inaccurate (RedOrbit)

A new study said that portable meters used to gauge blood sugar levels in pregnant women with diabetes gave readings that differed from lab tests by up to 16 percent.

Join doctors and nurses today for charity Zumba dance - VIDEO (Sheffield Today)

VIDEO: Zumba dance workout planned for charity - watch our video report. DOCTORS and nurses will take part in a fun Zumba dance workout class for charity at Sheffield's City Limits.

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