Nursing - News April 21, 2011

Canadian Tire shoppers donate heart beds (Lake Cowichan Gazette)
By Erin McCracken - Victoria News Published: April 20, 2011 4:00 PM Updated: April 20, 2011 4:26 PM Giving at the till is a gift from and for the heart.

Standards for school nurses up for debate (PittsburghLIVE)
On a typical day, Wexford Elementary School nurse Mary Beth Chips treats about 40 children.

Northern Michigan Regional Hospital achieves Magnet status (Petoskey News Review)
Brandon Stempky, an exercise specialist at Northern Michigan Regional Hospital, reacts to the news Wednesday morning that the hospital has achieved Magnet status.

Memorial Mission Surgery Center Of Chattanooga Receives AAAHC Accreditation (Chattanoogan)
'Our patients deserve the highest level of medical care,' said Brent A. McLean, administrator of Memorial Mission Surgery Center.

Nursing director on trial in morphine case (AmericanBankingNews)
A supervisor at a Chicago nursing home allegedly took no action when informed a nurse was giving patients excessive doses of morphine, prosecutors say.

$2 million grant takes UCCS nursing courses to rural areas (Colorado Springs Business Journal)
A $2.22 million grant from the Colorado Health Foundation will help five Colorado community colleges develop nursing professionals that will server rural areas.

Program at Blank addresses concerns patients face after the treatments end and life goes on. (Http)
For information on the Pediatric Cancer Survivorship program at Blank Children's Hospital, call 241-8912. For the survivorship program at John Stoddard Cancer center, call 241-3343. A year of chemotherapy and radiation helped 10-year-old Mikayla Rietgraf fight bone cancer.

Nurses Vote to Ratify New Contract (WOWK-TV)
Seven hundred-fifty registered nurses represented by Southern United Nurses in West Virginia and Kentucky voted to ratify a new three-year contract Tuesday, April 19, 2011.

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