Nursing - News May 19, 2011

Beebe campaigning to expand nursing school (Cape Gazette)
Among those on hand to help boost the campaign for expansion of the Beebe School of Nursing were Bonnie Austin, nursing supervisor at the school; Quanda Custis, nursing school alumnus and Beebe Medical Center emergency room nurse; Ken Jackson, nursing school benefactor; Connie Bushey, nursing school director; Nina Beebe Hazzard, nursing school ...

Heinz nurtures vitamin-deficient Haitian young (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
When women in Haiti stop nursing their babies, it doesn't take long for malnutrition to set in.

O'Dell-Haines (Marion County Record)
MORE Engagement told Sid and Suzanne Robinson of Florence and Bret and Randi O'Dell of Peabody announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Alysha Marie O'Dell to Alexander Reb Haines, both of El Dorado.

Nursing shortage means career opportunity for those interested in health care (KVBC-TV Las Vegas)
Despite a slow economy, the health care industry continues to thrive. This is partially due to growing demand from the aging baby boomer population, who require additional health care services today and into the future.

Jean Blythe: ALMH Nurse of the Year (Lincoln Daily News)
J ean Blythe's mannerisms as a nurse and a person did not go unnoticed by a patient who nominated her to be Nurse of the Year at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.

Robot brings dementia patients out of their shells (The Interior Journal)
Frances Wolan doesn't talk much these days. But the resident of Westmont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center did have a lot to say about her new friend, Pikatti, a therapeutic robot that looks, feels and sounds like a baby harp seal.

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