Nursing - News May 14, 2011

MTMC announces nursing award winners (The Daily News Journal)
Middle Tennessee Medical Center announces the annual nursing award winners, recognizing nurses for their exceptional skills and service to patients.

Widener nursing spending gift on high-tech mannequin (American City Business Journals)
Widener University said Friday that its school of nursing has received $250,000 from the Connelly Foundation for its clinical simulation labs, which enable students to learn in environments similar to the ones they will work in.

Long-term funding worsens for Medicare, Social Security (GoErie)
The foul economy has shaved a few more years off the life expectancy of Medicare and Social Security, according to a new government report released Friday.

Reforms 'will destabilise NHS' (Salisbury Journal)
The senior doctor leading a review of the Government's controversial health reforms has warned they would destabilise the NHS and undermine key hospital services.

Guest column: Protect life and the right to follow our conscience (Http)
The Catholic Church's position on abortion is no secret. Based on the natural law or what the framers of the Declaration of Independence identified as "self-evident truths," it's part of a defense of life that includes opposition to capital punishment and euthanasia, and limiting war.

Mid-State graduates optimistic about future (WisInfo)
GRAND RAPIDS -- While the job market hasn't rebounded to pre-recession levels, some new Mid-State Technical College graduates are hopeful about their chances to land a job.

Fort Campbell naming center for fallen soldier (WATE-TV Knoxville)
A training center at Fort Campbell's Blanchfield Army Community Hospital is being named for a fallen soldier.

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