Nursing - News May 25, 2011

Green Bay hospitals rate high in avoiding errors (Kewaunee County)
Kaythy Brosig, a technician at Bellin Hospital, watches video feeds that monitor patients who are at risk of falling.

Capital Health RNs vote to strike (CBC News)
Thousands of registered nurses in the Halifax region have taken another step towards a strike.

Nurses at Range Regional vote to authorize strike (KEYC Television, Mankato, MN - The On...)
Registered nurses at Fairview-owned Range Regional Health Services have voted to authorize a strike after rejecting a mediated offer.

Alberta government to spend $14M to fight STIs (CTV.ca)
"We're not achieving the results we had hoped to achieve, so we have to try a different approach," Gene Zwozdesky told a news conference Tuesday.

Docs Use Man's Amputated Leg to Help Him Walk Again (Fox News)
Mike Prindle using his new one-of-a-kind prosthetic leg. Mike Prindle, a former postal carrier from Baltimore, Ohio, was suffering from a tumor so invasive that doctors told him in order to save his life, they would have to amputate his left leg, part of his spine and the left half of his hip - and maybe even more.

Fantastic response to Mail's Health Awards (Hartlepool Mail)
Best of Health Awards judges Alby Pattison and Joy Yates, Claire Young, Helen Watts, Heather Whyman and Elizabeth Carroll Published on Tue May 24 13:00:36 BST 2011 WHAT a response we got to our Best of Health Awards.

More Nursing News...