Nursing - News May 10, 2011

Dr. Jeanes speaks at final graduation (The Elizabethton Star)
A total of 183 degrees were awarded at Milligan College's commencement Saturday.

Children's Hospital nurses to return to work (SFGate)
The hospital's management and the nurses, represented by the California Nurses Association-National Nurses United, agreed today that the strike went smoothly.

Nursing shortage far from over (StarTribune)
Dara Swanson, a nurse at the University Medical Center Mesaba in Hibbing, MN, listened to Gov.

Nurses, hospital staffers honored in Madill (KXII-TV Sherman)
Nurses and hospital staff are being honored as part of National Hospital Week. Madill Mayor Kevin Eppler read a proclamation at Integris Marshall Memorial Hospital on Monday, declaring it National Hospital and Nurses Week in the city.

Sick Economy Means Nursing Jobs Harder To Find (National Public Radio)
After graduating with his nursing degree, Rhys Gibson applied for between 250-300 jobs.

Most nurses don't use recommended intramuscular injection site despite potential risks (Free Republic)
Buttock site still most popular despite known potential for sciatic nerve injury Seven out of ten hospital nurses who took part in a Canadian study used the dorsogluteal buttock site to administer intramuscular injections - despite the potential risks of sciatic nerve injury - with only 14% using the ventrogluteal hip site recommended by the ...

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