Nursing - News March 23, 2011

State school bills hailed as relief (Connellsville and Fayette County News)
The package of legislation senators announced on Tuesday includes bills that would: -- Allow school districts to furlough teachers for economic reasons.

Book review: A Nurse in Time by Evelyn Prentis (Preston Today)
The idea that Evelyn Prentis should be a nurse was entirely her mother's. In fact it came to her one Friday afternoon in 1934 as she was in the middle of making the bread at their Lincolnshire home; Evelyn would be paid for her training, food would be included and the job was suitably 'ladylike.' That young Evelyn might not really be cut out to be ...

NHS workforce hits 1.4 million (BBC)
New figures show a huge growth in the number of staff working for the NHS in England over the past decade, particularly among managers.

'Stay on tamoxifen' women told (BBC)
Women who cut short their Tamoxifen treatment before the recommended full five years risk their breast cancer returning, experts warn.

Japan ill equipped for post-quake health crisis (CBS News)
An 83-year-old man injured while escaping from tsunami flooding rests at a shelter, Monday, March 14, 2011, in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture.

Leaks suggest government turning to NDP for budget support and survival (680News)
Leaks from Tuesday's federal budget suggest the governing Conservatives are hoping to hold off a spring election by meeting several of the NDP's spending demands.

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