Nursing - News April 26, 2011

Nurses at 2 Mass. hospitals plan strike (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
Nurses at two Massachusetts hospitals are planning a one-day strike to protest what they call staffing levels that endanger patient safety.

Hospice goes a greena (The Laurinburg Exchange Online)
Miller Slaughter of Sustainable Sandhills, left center, poses with Hospice of Scotland County employees while holding a certificate designating Hospice as a "green" business.

Milk banks seek more donor milk for babes in need (WTOP)
With her baby fast asleep in the stroller, Valerie Githinji made her way up to the nurses' station in O'Bleness Memorial Hospital's maternity ward.

Dean of U.W. School of Nursing, Katharyn May, to address alumni here (Antigo Daily Journal)
Katharyn May, dean and professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be the speaker Wednesday evening at the Founder's Day program.

Psychiatric Nursing Career (Buzzle)
The job of a psychiatric nurse is a tough one. It demands knowledge of all the possible mental disabilities and a compassionate temperament to deal with them.

Most Nursing Homes Profitable in 2010; State Opposes Medicaid Change (ArkansasBusiness)
Of 187 Arkansas nursing homes for which full-year financial data was available, 140 made a profit in the year that ended June 30, 2010, according to the Arkansas Department of Human Services.

Nursing home plan for Littledown unveiled (Bournemouthecho.co.uk)
A 60-BED nursing home and housing is the latest scheme being mooted for land at Littledown in Bournemouth.

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