Nursing - News February 12, 2011

Southlands Hospital plan - death by stealth' (Worthing Today)
CHANGES to Southlands Hospital, Shoreham, have been described by one councillor as "death by stealth". Adur district councillor Rod Hotton spoke at the first in a series of public meetings over the future of services at Worthing and Southlands hospitals.

Passaic County nursing home shows off new ventilator unit (Hackettstown Weekly News)
WAYNE - Preakness Healthcare Center held an open house Friday to introduce the new 11-bed ventilator unit at the facility.

Inspectors slam quality of care at Chippenham Hospital (Wiltshire)
The Care Quality Commission has told the NHS in Wiltshire that it must improve standards of care at Chippenham Community Hospital.

HealthPartners caregivers agree to three-year contract (Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal)
SEIU Healthcare Minnesota members at 27 HealthPartners clinics voted Thursday to ratify a new three-year contract.

Hospital Employee Says She Was Terminated For Seeking Help For Family Member (Greene Publishing, Inc.)
A hospital employee said she was terminated because she was seeking help for a family member to get a CT scan done at the local hospital.

Nurses train for war on smoking Feb 11, 2011 1:43 PM Et a " Nurses from ... (CBC News)
The nurses' workshop was held at the Richelieu-Vanier community centre. Nurses from across eastern Ontario are in Ottawa to learn new skills to use in their efforts to help patients stop smoking.

IRS Decision a Victory for Nursing Mothers Everywhere (Salem-News)
In response to a request from Senators Jeff Merkley , Tom Harkin , and Representatives Sander Levin and Carolyn B. Maloney , the Internal Revenue Service announced they will reverse a ruling that denies equipment used to help women breast feed from being covered as a health care expense.A The previous ruling excluded breast pumps from coverage ...

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