Nursing - News March 17, 2011

Getting On knocks them dead (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Rude health ... Joanna Scanlan, Jo Brand, and Vicki Pepperdine. Jo Brand's dark comedy set in a geriatric ward makes a welcome return, writes Michael Idato.

Officials investigate infections at Minn. hospital (The State)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. - A Minnesota hospital says it has suspended a nurse pending an investigation into whether the nurse inadvertently introduced unusual bacterial infections into more than 20 patients while stealing pain medication from IV bags.

When Nurse Staffing Drops, Mortality Rates Rise: Study (HON)
When nurse staffing levels fell below target levels in a large hospital, more patients died, a new study discovered.

Cholera cases in Haiti could be double U.N.'s estimates, study says (CW11 New York WPIX-TV)
How bad is the cholera epidemic in Haiti? According to a new study, the epidemic now has the potential to spread the disease to nearly 800,000 people - twice the earlier estimate.

Taylor says broken bone 'is nothing' (Berkshire Eagle Online - Berkshires Week)
"Break a leg!" In show-biz lingo, that means good luck. It certainly isn't to be taken literally.

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