Nursing - News May 24, 2011

Rhode Island's Medicaid experiment draws raves, suspicion (McClatchy DC)
After six months in hospitals and nursing homes rehabbing from a stroke, Elvira Tesarek of Warren, R.I., had a decision to make: Either Medicaid would move her to a long-term nursing facility, or she could simply go home.

Graduates of Distinction: Model's Mary Heida headed to nursing school (Rome News - Tribune)
Mary Heida will graduate Friday evening from Model High. Mary Heida's family has a knack for education - her mother is a professor at Berry College and the graduating senior is Model High School 's co-valedictorian, its STAR Student, the president of the campus chapter of the National Honor Society and an Advanced Placement Scholar.

Material alert: Toxic flame retardants in baby products (CNET News)
About 80 percent of commonly used baby products recently surveyed by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley, contain toxic or untested halogenated flame retardants, and 36 percent contain chlorinated Tris --a toxin that, along with the related brominated Tris, was banned for several years in the 1970s.

New Grant Prepares Future Nurses In Cardiovascular Health (MediLexicon)
Main Category: Nursing / Midwifery Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Future nurse researchers now have more opportunities in the field of cardiovascular risk reduction and disease management research at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.

Juddah's chance: Ethopian baby gets surgery in Roanoke (New River Valley Current)
Cherrie Cornish of Salem, Ore., who brought 8-month-old Juddah to Roanoke from Ethiopia, holds him Friday at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital while anesthesiologist Dr.

University of California and CNA reach tentative contract giving 11% pay boost to 11,000 RNs (American City Business Journals)
After years of short-term contract fights, University of California registered nurses and the the UC administration have reached a tentative settlement on a new collective bargaining agreement for more than 11,000 RNs statewide, according to the California Nurses Association , which represents the nurses.

Theresa Dawson, Dean of the Miller College School of Nursing Miller College (Battle Creek Enquirer)
Miller College School of Nursing is proud to announce it has received national nursing accreditation through the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education .

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