Nursing - News May 4, 2011

Talks break off between nurses and Capital Health (CBC News)
Conciliation talks have broken off between the union representing more than 2,500 nurses and Nova Scotia's largest health authority.

Basildon Hospital nurses 'failed to take adequate notes' (Basildon Recorder)
NURSES at Basildon Hospital have been criticised for failing to take adequate notes on patients' care.

Insurers struggle to keep up with tales from disaster (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
State Farm employee Jason Dodd, above left, gives a vehicle damage check to Christy Kisor, seated left, at the temporary Catastrophe tent in front of the Fort Oglethorpe Lowe's store Tuesday.

Dedicated Geriatric Nursing Care (ADVANCE)
With the demand for specialized geriatric care provided by skilled nursing staff increasing, facilities around the country are forming dedicated geriatric nursing units to meet the need.

We love Dr Brown!!!! She is SUPER (Calhoun Times)
Have you celebrated the women in your life lately? Gordon Hospital and its Spirit of Women program have partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in commemorating Women's Health Week, May 8-14. According to the CDC, 35 percent of women over the age of 20 are obese, 33 percent of women over the age of 20 have hypertension, and ...

Former Gary hospital on historic places endangered list (Post Tribune)
A 1929 hospital built to treat blacks in Gary's Midtown neighborhood is again on a list of Indiana's 10 most endangered buildings.

Rev. Phyllis Davis (Herald Star Online)
DAVIS, Rev. Phyllis Louisa, 83, went home to her reward Friday evening, April 22, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nev.

Fortis nursing program formally introduced (Pensacola News Journal)
Fortis Institute of Pensacola is hosting a nursing open house Thursday to formally introduce its new associate degree nursing program and demonstrate its robotics simulation labs.

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