Nursing - News May 21, 2011

"Audrey Arends to retire from hospital after 29 years of service" (The Daily Union)
Saturday, May 21, 2011 Audrey Arends to retire from hospital after 29 years of service Audrey Arends, registered nurse and certified diabetes educator, plans to retire on May 31 after 29 years of service at Geary Community Hospital.

Twin tragedy prompts couple's fundraising drive (Oxford Times)
WALLINGFORD couple Gavin and Sharon Robinson will never get over the loss of their baby twins.

Star gets action: eHealth scraps raises and bonuses (The Toronto Star)
Merit raises and bonuses for 617 eHealth Ontario employees have been scrapped after a political firestorm sparked by revelations in the Star .

More hospital deaths on weekends (WNWN-FM Battle Creek)
People admitted to the hospital on the weekend are 10 percent more likely to die than those who checked in during the week, according to a new analysis of nearly 30 million people.

Grand Canyon University merges arts, sciences into one college (American City Business Journals)
Grand Canyon University has merged two of its colleges into the College of Arts and Sciences.

Garner fourth in family to earn nursing degree at NCKTC -5/20/2011, (Hays Daily News)
When Jessica Garner walked across the graduation stage Saturday afternoon, she literally was following in the footsteps of her mother and two older sisters.

Nursing homes, governor at odds on Ohio budget (Herald Star Online)
New numbers from the state show some 200 Ohio nursing homes are paying six-figure administrator salaries and the industry is spending millions of Medicaid dollars to employ owners' family members and to hire related side businesses.

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