Nursing - News February 5, 2011

Mom gives birth to 13 lb 2 oz baby in Methuen (Cw56)
A local mother gave birth to a very healthy baby boy that was much bigger than your average baby.

HSU considers range of options for nursing; administration mulling... (Times-Standard)
Deeming baccalaureate-trained nurses vital to the North Coast, Humboldt State University seems intent on ensuring they are produced in the local area.

How Michael Ondaatje and Daniel Brooks made 'Divisadero' into a play (The Globe and Mail)
Novelist Michael Ondaatje and theatre director Daniel Brooks are sitting at a beat-up wooden table with a pack of cards and a bottle between them.

Roy Exum: My Adventures In 'Minne-snow-ta' (Chattanoogan)
Several years ago I was an in-house guest at the famed Mayo Clinic, which is about 90 miles south of Minneapolis in the state of 'Minne-snow-ta,' and one memorable night about this time of the year two pretty nurses came into my hospital room rolling a gurney.

Panel OKs criminal checks on medical workers (IBJ.COM)
Physicians, dentists, nurses, veterinarians, pharmacists and other medical workers would have to pay for a national criminal background check when applying for a state license under a bill pending with the Indiana Senate.

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Obituary Carol DeLano (Conway Daily Sun)

Carol M. DeLano, 84 of Pleasant View Lane, Brownfield, died Thursday, February 3, 2011 at Maine Medical Center in Portland.

Joan E. Ferry | Nurse, 76 (Philly)

Joan E. Ferry, 76, formerly of Drexel Hill, a retired nurse, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease Tuesday, Feb.

News Briefs From Featured Lectures and Posters at Cardiology 2011 (Rehab Management)

Original research from more than 30 cardiac programs in the U.S. and abroad is being presented throughout the meeting.

Med center switching records sys... (Sentinel)

Deciphering handwriting and abbreviations; putting together the pieces of someone's health history - hopefully in the right order; waiting for data to come through on the fax machine ... All these steps leave room for errors, which is why medical facilities across the nation are doing away with the old and switching over to the new, by implementing ...

Allison, Ronald Eugene (Dayton Daily News)

News Death Notice ALLISON, Ronald Eugene Age 53, of Dayton, passed away Thursday, February 3, 2011, at Good Samaritan Hospital.

Even while sick Linden woman helped to care for struggling psychiatric patient (MLive)

Donna McAllister cared so much about others that she could look past her own illness and help someone with their own, said her husband, Robert.

Evergreen Hospital Medical Center ranked in top 5 percent in nation (Sammamish Reporter)

For the third consecutive year, Evergreen Hospital Medical Center has been ranked among the nation's top five percent of hospitals and named a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence.

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