Nursing - News March 19, 2011

Nacogdoches nursing home employees fear state budget cuts (KTRE-TV Lufkin)
Cody Eberlan hopes the state doesn't kick him out of his job. "That's me, paycheck to paycheck," said Eberlan, a nurse at Stallings Court nursing home.

Portland's hospitals say they're ready for major quake (KGW-TV Portland)
Health workers at 15 hospitals in Portland's metro area said they would be expecting trauma patients in the thousands if a major 9.0 earthquake were to hit.

Nursing students take part in first-ever 'idol' contest (CulpeperNews, Culpeper, VA)
"It's a sea of white." An estimated 300 people from the school's nursing program turned out in their white uniforms, shoes and lab coats Friday to watch more than a dozen semifinal contestants compete for the title of GCC's Nursing Idol.

Davises make gift to UWA nursing (Demopolis Times)
The University of West Alabama's Ira D. Pruitt School of Nursing will soon provide students with the latest in patient simulation technology thanks to a Sumter County couple's commitment to improving health care in the county.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth personnel leaving for humanitarian mission (WVEC-TV Norfolk)
About 175 staff members from Naval Medical Center Portsmouth will join USNS Comfort on the humanitarian mission called Continuing Promise 2011.

Hopkins Nursing Lab Admits Harvey The Cardiac Simulator (MediLexicon)
Main Category: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Also Included In: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Article Date: 18 Mar 2011 It's official: Harvey the Cardiopulmonary Simulator checked in for an extended stay at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing last month.

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