Nursing - News May 27, 2011

Ugandan activists march, sue over deaths of pregnant women asked to bribe at gova t hospitals (Penticton Herald)
Ugandan activists are marching to the constitutional court to sue over the deaths of two pregnant women who they say died because they did not pay adequate bribes to government medical workers.

Alberta fire evacuees going home (CANOE)
Nearly two weeks after an historic firestorm emptied this northern Alberta town of 7,000, evacuees were poised to begin returning Friday morning in a major step toward rebuilding the fire-ravaged community.

Attacked service dog dies (WAVE-TV Louisville)
A service dog that was viciously attacked while in the care of Metro Animal Services has died.

Nursing Home Owner Threatens Lockout (The Hartford Courant)
Going into a negotiation meeting Thursday night, the owner of six Connecticut nursing homes, including Wethersfield Health Care and Newington Health Care, was threatening to lock out about 800 union workers because talks for a new contract had failed to progress.

UH Hilo to offer Ph.D. in nursing (American City Business Journals)
The University of Hawaii at Hilo School of Nursing will begin to offer the American Association of Colleges of Nursing's new doctor of nursing practice degree by fall 2012.

Study: One building for nursing (Providence Journal)
A new feasibility study on nursing education favors construction of a single high-tech building close to the city's hospitals in the so-called Knowledge District to help the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College address a critical nursing shortage that is only expected to get worse in the next decade.

Doctors, nurses 'tipping point' in vaccine scares May 26, 2011 10:16... (CBC News)
Childhood immunization campaigns should better target doctors and nurses to head off the next vaccine scare, says one expert.

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