(5 stories) ICU: Intensive Chipmunk Unit

Nursing - News February 28, 2011 See Nursing Weather ICU: Intensive Chipmunk Unit (Mansfield News Journal) Where are Alvin, Simon and Theodore when you need them? Lauri Harvey, the Title 1 reading teacher at Mifflin Elementary School, could have used their advice when her son, Tanner, found a partially paralyzed chipmunk in the garage. Breast-feeding: If it hurts you're not doing it right (Chronicle-Telegram) Members Thank you Brain for your political insight..I am educated. Well I thought I was until I read your post, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Its ok John, not everyone has a "brain" to think with, I have no intentions of leading anyone with my political insight.It is my opinion of the general population of [...] Lookingfortruth ... 1,000 hospital jobs to go in Burnley and Blackburn in NHS cuts (Burnley Today) HOSPITALS in Burnley and Blackburn are set to lose 1,000 staff including doctors and nurses in response to drastic government spending cuts. Robots taking over Tulsa hospitals; some surgeries, that is (Tulsa World) Lead surgeon Cole Davis and assisting surgeon Andrew Wright attach the robotic arms of a DaVinci surgical machine to patient Jerry Taber, who was undergoing a prostatectomy at St. Judge orders independent medical review for James (WTXL) Singer Etta James arrives at the premiere of 'Cadillac Records' held at The Egyptian Theater on November 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. More Nursing News...

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(5 stories) Westfield Church Assists With Residents' Trip To Guatemala

Nursing - News February 27, 2011 See Nursing Weather Westfield Church Assists With Residents' Trip To Guatemala (The Post-Journal, Jamestown New York) Deanna Scharf and daughter Katherine, both of Westfield, will be headed for Guatamala next month to administer medical assistance to the people of Antigua in Guatamala. UCA board OKs joint building with Conway hospital (TheCabin) An outline of plans for a partnership between the University of Central Arkansas and Conway Regional Health System to erect a new building to serve health-education needs of city residents, the hospital and students and faculty on the campus was approved Friday by the UCA board. Home Sweet Home: Erick Palomino (Valley Morning Star) Erick Palomino has lived, studied and worked in several countries, always living in big cities until he reached Harlingen, where he is more comfortable than anywhere else, he said. Nonprofit PENCE wants to improve elder nursing care (Battle Creek Enquirer) Nursing care staff are frustrated by a lack of mentorship and training when it comes to caring for the elderly, and a local nonprofit wants to do something to help. For Hopkins Nursing Students, Spring Break Is A Time For Helping Others (MediLexicon) In the coming months, college students across the U.S. will make their annual southern pilgrimage for fun in the sun. More Nursing News...

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(6 stories) Homes of some Pa. elderly are nursing classrooms

Nursing - News February 26, 2011 See Nursing Weather Homes of some Pa. elderly are nursing classrooms (Centre Daily Times) Verna Newcomer, an 88-year-old widow, is a teacher. So is Henry Walsh, 72, a retired clerk with two grown children. A&E Redesign To Curb Attacks On Hospital Staff (Ananova) Hospital accident and emergency departments are to be redesigned in an attempt to end attacks on staff, which cost the health service an estimated 69m a year. 53,000 NHS jobs 'facing the axe' (Scarborough Evening News) More than 50,000 NHS jobs face being axed, including 1,349 in Staffordshire, with doctors, nurses and dentists set to go because of Government spending cuts, according to a new report. Employment expected to rise 1% this quarter in the region (Daytona Beach News-Journal Online) Employment in Central Florida is expected to rise slightly for the first quarter of the year, according to the results of a quarterly outlook report released by Manpower Inc. Virginia Senate approves tough abortion restrictions (Hampton Roads Daily Press) A bitterly divided Virginia Senate approved a new law Thursday that would force abortion clinics to meet the same regulatory and architectural requirements as outpatient surgical centers - a long sought goal of abortion opponents that abortion rights advocates say could close 17 of the state's 21 outpatient clinics. The John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Faility in Yaphank (Long Island Press) Continued uncertainty is the prognosis for patients at the John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility in Yaphank, which Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy has wanted to shut down after his efforts to sell 264-bed complex failed last year. More Nursing News...

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(6 stories) WCA?Earns Lab Accreditation

Nursing - News February 25, 2011 See Nursing Weather WCA?Earns Lab Accreditation (The Post-Journal, Jamestown New York) WCA Hospital has been granted accreditation status by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories. Christchurch Earthquake: Chch running out of medicine says pharmacist (The Star Canterbury) A rescue worked looks through the rubble of the Cathedral of Blessed sacrament in Christchurch after the 6.3 magnitude earthquake which struck the city of February 22. Correction: NY-Nurses' Pay story (WTEN) In a Feb. 23 story about the settlement of a class-action lawsuit over nurses' pay, The Associated Press incorrectly identified St. Jeff Manes: Elderly find friend in Flatt (Post Tribune) "The years between 50 and 70 are the hardest. You are always being asked to do more, and you are not yet decrepit enough to turn them down." - T.S. Eliot Pat Flatt, 58, lives in Lowell. Charges: Home nursing business bilks state of $975K in fake claims (Startribune) A Brooklyn Park husband and wife were charged with swindling the state's medical assistance program out of nearly $1 million by submitting claims for nursing services that they didn't provide. 900 jobs to go at East Lancashire hospitals (Blackburn Citizen) EAST Lancashire's hospitals are to shed almost 900 jobs including doctors, nurses and dentists. More Nursing News...

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(6 stories) Gift turns into volunteer project

Nursing - News February 24, 2011 See Nursing Weather Gift turns into volunteer project (WisInfo) Bruce and Ann Herzberg of Pittsville were shopping at a huge flea market while vacationing in Arizona. Oxford hospital hits back at food slurs - but your views wanted (Oxford Mail) A PATIENT welfare group has appealed for Oxfordshire people's real life accounts of hospital food. Albany Med settles nursing pay lawsuit for $4.5M (WNYT NewsChannel 13) Albany Medical Center will pay $4.5 million to settle its share of a federal class-action lawsuit alleging officials conspired with counterparts at other hospitals in the area to keep pay down for about 4,000 registered nurses. GSU's nursing school awarded nearly $1M grant (WTOC-TV Savannah) Georgia Southern University has been awarded a three-year, nearly $1 million grant by the National Institutes of Health and the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Basildon Hospital praised for quality of meals (Basildon Recorder) IT'S the butt of countless jokes alongside school dinners and aeroplane meals, but millions of TV viewers would have found a documentary about hospital food hard to stomach. Elmira-area nursing homes brace for Medicaid cuts (Star-Gazette.COM) BLOGS Elmira-area nursing homes brace for Medicaid cuts Comments G. Jeffrey Aaron jgaaron@gannett.com Skilled nursing homes in the Southern Tier stand to lose a combined total of $8.78 million in Medicaid spending this year and $13 million next year, according to preliminary worst-case-scenario estimates prepared by the New York Association of ... More Nursing News...

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(6 stories) Nursing shifts 'not filled in time'

Nursing - News February 23, 2011 See Nursing Weather Nursing shifts 'not filled in time' (Roundhay Today) Thousands of nursing shifts are going unfilled across the NHS and the number is rising, but London has seen a slight increase, data suggests. Jim Bowen recovering after stroke (Burnley Citizen) COMEDIAN Jim Bowen is recovering in hospital after a mild stroke. The former Bullseye host, 73, was taken ill in the early hours of Friday morning at home in Lancaster. Nurses say NM hospital paring experienced staff (The Associated Press) Some nurses fired from Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe contend they were unfairly dismissed. 53,000 NHS jobs 'facing the axe' (South End Standard) More than 50,000 NHS jobs face being axed, including doctors, nurses and dentists, because of Government spending cuts, "destroying" claims about the funding of the health service, according to a new report. Vermont unions rally in support of Wisconsin workers (WEAU-TV Eau Claire) Vermont labor unions are coming to the side of Wisconsin workers locked in a battle with their governor. Scots bed-blocking figure increases (Fife Now) Delayed discharges from Scottish hospitals are on the increase, according to new figures. More Nursing News...

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