Nursing - News April 10, 2011

LDS siblings, nurses serve in Liberia (Deseret News)
Family trips with siblings LouAnn, Leon and Lynn Randall don't include much leisure time because when these siblings get a chance to reunite, they meet up on service missions in third-world countries.

ASU president sees Vicksburg expansion (KNOE-TV Monroe)
The president of Alcorn State University plans to expand course offerings at the school's campus in Vicksburg to include such programs as nursing and criminal justice.

For Nevada Cancer Institute, a new way forward (Las Vegas Sun)
Like other nonprofit organizations suffering from the recession, the financially beleaguered Nevada Cancer Institute is having to reshape and refine how it funds and executes its mission.

Stressed nurses 'propping up' NHS (Linlithgow Today)
Nurses are "propping up" the health service by consistently working over their contracted hours and providing last-minute shift cover, according to union leaders.

Ministers listening to NHS concerns (Andover Advertiser)
Ministers are to travel the country listening to complaints and concerns about the Government's controversial NHS reforms.

Foothills Acres nursing home, Hillsborough, almost done transitioning to new building (Central Jersey)
Officials at the Foothills Acres Rehabilitation and Nursing Center are preparing to open their new 200-bed facility on East Mountain Road.

Stanford, Lucile Packard hospitals settle with nurses (San Jose Business Journal)
Stanford and Packard said members of the Redwood City-based union voted to ratify the new contract offers April 7, based on tentative agreements reached by union and management negotiators.

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