Nursing - News March 20, 2011

Born with half a heart, Tulare girl's spirit defies odds (Tulare Advance-Register)
Born with half a heart, Tulare girl's spirit defies odds Comments Steve R. Fujimoto Mike Hazelwood Living Zoom Annalyce Ficher plays at the Tulare County Office of Education's Tulare Child Development Center.

Fourth Street center celebrates five years (Herald Star Online)
Diann Schmitt was looking at the five-year-old newspaper clippings feeling a wave of emotions wash over her.

There's help out there for moms struggling with nursing (Indianapolis Star)
Evan Millett will join his mother, Beth, when she returns to her job at Borshoff.

Medical crisis in evacuation shelters (Gulf Times)
A woman holds a baby at an evacuation centre set in a gymnasium in Yamagata, northern Japan, eight days after the devastating earthquake and tsunami Overworked doctors are struggling to provide care to the sick and infirm evacuated from hospitals to ill-equipped shelters after the giant earthquake and tsunami that ravaged Japan.

Website offers overview on healthcare overhaul (Star-telegram)
Overhaul overview At a time when many Americans are confused about the healthcare overhaul law, a coalition of groups representing doctors, nurses, pharmacists and consumers has launched a website to answer questions about the Affordable Care Act.

Hospitals opening special emergency rooms for seniors (MLive)
Dr. Michael Olgren, medical director of emergency services at Saint Mary's Health Care, says seniors have unique medical needs and challenges when they come to an emergency department.

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