Nursing - News February 4, 2011

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Spectrum, Nursing Home Workers Take Battle To Judge (The Hartford Courant)
The federal agency that protects the right to unionize argued in a hearing Thursday that Spectrum Healthcare fired and suspended workers as part of a campaign of intimidation against the union that represents more than 300 striking workers at four Connecticut nursing homes.

250 nursing jobs to be axed (Goto Blackpool Today)
More than 250 nursing posts are being lost at a London NHS trust as it tries to meet the Government's demand for efficiency savings.

Patient died after being deprived of crucial drug (Basildon Recorder)
A FORMER nurse who died on Basildon Hospital 's diabetic ward was deprived of insulin for nine hours because her syringe driver was not connected.

Future of Worthing and Southlands Hospitals consultation begins (Grantham Today)
A PUBLIC consultation to gather views on changes to Worthing and Southlands hospitals starts on Monday, February 7. NHS West Sussex and Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust are running the three-month consultation and are inviting people to give their views at public meetings.

Practical Nursing Program at DSLCC Successful (Rockbridge Weekly)
Halfway through the first year of transitioning from Carilion Stonewall Jackson Hospital to Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, the Practical Nursing Program being taught in the Rockbridge area clearly remains successful.

Nurse struck off for patient loans (Bexhill Today)
A nurse who borrowed more than A 16,000 from a "vulnerable" 90-year-old patient while working at a Cambridge hospital has been struck off the register after being found guilty of misconduct.

KU Hospital wins award for nursing quality (KansasCity)
The University of Kansas Hospital has won the Outstanding Nursing Quality Award from the American Nurses Association.

Vatican to host AIDS prevention, care conference (Salon)
The Vatican will host an international conference in May on preventing AIDS and caring for those afflicted with it amid continued confusion over its position concerning condoms as a way to prevent HIV transmission.

Oxfordshire's hospital chief vows to tackle failings in care and staff shortages (Oxford Mail)
THE chief of Oxfordshire's hospitals last night insisted its problems treating cancer patients on time and having enough staff were being fixed.

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A New Online Program Meets the Demands for Diabetic Foot Care by RNs (PRWeb)

A comprehensive Foot Care Program for RNs is offered online and requires no travel, no time away from home or work and no specific dates or hours of attendance.

CCSF gives some freshmen a break on enrollment (San Francisco Chronicle)

New graduates of S.F. public schools will get priority registration at City College of S.F. A popular TV sitcom about a community college has an episode where students compete for a prize so valuable that they turn on each other and trash the campus just to possess it.

Hospital nurses join to find ways to... (Kansas City Business Journal)

Investigating a way to cut expenses as Medicare and a slow economy slashed revenue, seven area hospitals asked their nurses to perform some financial triage.

Md.'s - medical home' pilot... (Baltimore Business Journal)

The state's patient-centered medical home pilot A - slated to launch in March - is recruiting physicians and nurses from Johns Hopkins Medicine and the University of Maryland Medical Center to act as coaches for physician practices participating in its program.

No, robot (BBC)

Pick up line: Many of Japan's elderly would prefer human helpers, rather than this nursing robot called Ri-Man In Japan robots are friendly helpers not Terminators.

Mindfire Conducted Its First Medical Camp at Bali (PR)

Mindfire Solutions has successfully completed its first medical camp in Bali on 23rd Jan 2011.

Adults need vaccination to prevent the spread of pertussis among infants (ABC 4)

A 2-month old baby girl is in Utah Valley Regional Medical Center struggling for her very breath.

Are For-Profit Hospices Cherry-Picking Patients? (The Post Chronicle)

By choosing cheaper patients -- those likely to stay longer and rely on less skilled care -- for-profit hospices may be leaving nonprofit hospices overburdened with patients who cost more to take care of, according to a new study.

State, feds cite Lehigh hospital (News Press)

Lehigh Regional Medical Center has been cited by state and federal agencies for violations that put patient safety at risk.

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