Nursing - News April 1, 2011

Scots prescription fees abolished (BBC)
Prescriptions were free for all when the NHS was first set up. Scotland has joined Northern Ireland and Wales in abolishing prescription fees - leaving England as the only part of the UK to charge for them.

Baby's death to be investigated Mar 31, 2011 2:19 PM Et a " a... (CBC News)
A Saskatchewan mother whose newborn baby died last week at a Regina hospital believes cutbacks to the nursery and staffing shortages contributed to her baby's death.

Longtime nurse and instructor honored at Arnot Ogden (Star-Gazette.COM)
Longtime nurse and instructor honored at Arnot Ogden Comments Teresa Gulati / Provided Staff report Operating room nurse and nursing instructor Teresa Gulati is being honored with the establishment of an endowed scholarship in her name.

Shorter nursing students practice delivery (Rome News - Tribune)
The birthing process was short and intense. The physician was trapped across town on the other side of a stopped train, the baby was turned in a way that got his shoulder stuck and a team of Shorter University nursing students were tasked with saving mother and child.

Volunteers crucial to Viera Hospital (Floridatoday)
For more information on becoming a volunteer, log on to health-first.org and click on "Ways to Help" or call 321-434-9000. Pat Walters has volunteered at Holmes Regional Medical Center for almost 10 years.

Nurse reprimanded for illegible handwriting (CBC)
Dr. Jock Murray says modern communication methods have made some health-care workers' handwriting worse.

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