Nursing - News March 18, 2011

Nursing students learn through use of high-fidelity patient simulators (Western Star)
Students at Western Regional School of Nursing are using a high-fidelity patient simulator in their training.

Court To Consider Selling Or Closing 4 Nursing Homes (Hartford Courant)
Hearings on whether four troubled nursing homes should be sold to new buyers or closed will begin Fridayat Superior Court in Hartford.

Engineers, IT pros and nurses are in demand in metro Detroit area (Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance)
According to staffing agency Kelly Services, metro Detroit area companies are competing for engineering and IT talent.

Hospital bug outbreak report delay (Woodhouse Today)
The results of an inquiry into a hospital bug outbreak which claimed 18 lives will be delayed by more than a year.

MPS worker having heart attack during CPR class saved by school nurses (FOX6Now - WITI)
Adam Nash owes his life in part to a couple of Milwaukee Public Schools nurses. Nash is a para-professional with MPS's School-to-Work Program.

Hospital agrees to $340K settlement in latex suit (The Modesto Bee)
John Muir Health has agreed to pay $340,000 to seven nurses and a lab technician who were denied jobs at the health care provider's Walnut Creek hospital because they were allergic to latex.

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