Nursing - News February 8, 2011

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Health workers fear nursing assistant trial (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Union members at today's stopwork meeting at the Royal Hobart Hospital. They are concerned a nursing assistant trial could cost jobs.

Record-Breaking Nursing School Graduating Class Reflects Region's Diversity (Clarks Hometown News Patriot)
With 89 members, the January 2011 graduating class of the Trinitas School of Nursing set a record as the largest in the school's 120-year history at the convocation exercises held recently at Union County College.

South Jersey nursing students look for jobs (MyCentralJersey)
Nursing is in Colleen Callender's blood. From her mother to her aunts to her cousins, the 24-year-old's family is full of women in the nursing profession.

Tories flip-flop on health tax (Toronto Sun)
Ontario Tories have retreated on a four-day-old pledge to leave the health premium in place.

More candor urged in care of dying cancer patients (2NEWS.TV)
Patients don't want to hear that they're dying and doctors don't want to tell them.

Child Obesity Linked To Formula, Early Start On Solids (WUSA9 Washington, DC)
A new study links childhood obesity and the introduction of solid foods to bottle-fed babies before the age of 4 months.

Families can make or break mothers' efforts to breastfeed (CourierPostOnline)
Breastfeeding has found a new cheerleader in U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, who released a report Jan.

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RehabCare to be sold Kindred Healthcare (St. Louis Business Journal)

RehabCare Group Inc. , a St. Louis.-based hospital operator, said Tuesday it will be sold to Kindred Healthcare Inc.

RehabCare to be sold for $1.3 billion (St. Louis Business Journal)

RehabCare Group Inc. , a St. Louis.-based hospital operator, said Tuesday it will be sold to Kindred Healthcare Inc.

Kindred Healthcare posts jump in revenue, profit (Business First of Louisville)

Kindred Healthcare Inc. reported a rise in revenue and profit for the fourth quarter and full year 2010 Tuesday, the same day it announced a planned merger with St.

Visiting Nursing Association of Western New York Implements... (GlobeNewswire)

Authentidate Holding Corp. , a worldwide provider of secure health information exchange, workflow management services and telehealth solutions, today announced that the Visiting Nursing Association of Western New York , a part of the Kaleida Health System, is implementing the Inscrybe® Healthcare referral management solution to improve its ...

in the Pink (Courier News)

When Beth Battaglino Cahill helped co-found the National Women's Health Resource Center in 1988,... - 6:42 pm Christina Aguilera flubs line of national anthem Christina Aguilera says she flubbed a line as she belted out the national anthem at the start of... - 7:43 am Over the past 2 1/2 years as the health beat writer for the Courier News, I have ...

High cholesterol "out of control" (WFTS)

Only about half of U.S. adults with high levels of bad cholesterol get treatment for it.

'MedRover' Chosen as Name of Swisslog's New Mobile Drug Cabinet for Nurses (PRWeb)

Secure delivery of meds, including controlled drugs, to the patient's bedside now possible with MedRover.

RehabCare Reports Fourth Quarter, Fiscal Year 2010 Results and 2011... (EON - Enhanced Online News)

Excluding transaction related expenses in the 2009 fourth quarter, net earnings per diluted share increase 86.5% year over year to $0.69 Hospital division improves EBITDA margin to 15.2% in the fourth quarter from 12.9% in the third quarter Impacted by regulatory changes, Skilled Nursing Rehabilitation Services division reports 5.8% operating ...

Kindred Healthcare to Acquire RehabCare Group (Business Wire)

Merger Would Create the Premier Provider of Post-Acute Healthcare Services in the United States with over $6 Billion in Annual Revenues and Operations in 46 States Transaction Expected to be Highly Accretive to Kindred Earnings and Create Significant Value to Stockholders of Both Companies LOUISVILLE, Ky.

TCC launches $5M fundraising campaign (Tallahassee Democrat)

Password: Close Close Close OR Close TCC launches $5M fundraising campaign Money will go to health programs By Doug Blackburn * DEMOCRAT Senior WRITER * Published: February 08.

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