Nursing - News February 13, 2011

Doctors group urges honesty for dying patients (Detroit Free Press)
Cheryl Moore and her mother, retired Pittsburgh oncology nurse Pearl Moore, talked about end-of-life issues.

Doctor banks aim to cut NHS costs (BBC)
A system of doctor banks is to be introduced in Scotland in an effort to cut the amount spent on agency staff.

2 burned at skilled nursing facility (MSNBC)
It happened at White Oak Manor on Craig Avenue Saturday night. The Charlotte Fire Department says they still are not sure how the people were burned, and the cause is under investigation.

A difference of style: Kaiser Permanente belatedly confirms new CNA nurses' contract (East Bay Business Times)
More than 24 hours after the California Nurses Association announced, with its usual rhetorical fanfare, that its 17,000 nurses at more than 60 Kaiser Permanente facilities in the Golden State had won a new three-year contract, the giant health care organization quietly confirmed that fact, in its typical buttoned-down way.

A picture of compassion and grace, frozen in time at St. Vincent's Medical Center (Florida Times-Union)
A star of sorts: After greeting employees of St. Vincent's Medical Center, Sister Mary Agnes O'Neil signed painted renditions of a photo that has made her famous at the hospital.

Alberta rolls out cataract surgery blitz (Vancouver Sun)
An additional 1,500 people from the Edmonton area will be getting cataract surgeries before March 31 - most in private facilities - as the province continues to roll out one-time blitzes to reduce wait times.

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