(7 stories) Alberta nursing grads can expect casual, not permanent jobs

Nursing - News June 24, 2011 See Nursing Weather Alberta nursing grads can expect casual, not permanent jobs (Edmonton Journal) A Opinion A A A A Business A A A A Sports A A A A Entertainment A A A A Life A A A A Health Technology A A A A Travel A A A A Jobs A A A A Cars A A A A Homes Classifieds A A A A A A Ashley Estrin who is graduating from Grant MacEwan University's first bachelor of science in nursing class. Nursing students work at City of Refuge (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) There was no grocery store in sight, no bank, no drug store. Just poverty. Enlarge photo Curtis Compton, ccompton@ajc.com Emory University nursing student Lauren Baldwin plays with 4-year-old Alexis Maddox in the Feed My Lambs day care center at City of Refuge in Atlanta on Tuesday, June 21, 2011. UMMC Residency Helps First-Year Nurses Manage Frontline Trials By Fire (MediLexicon) The University of Mississippi Medical Center's hospitals are the first in the state to offer new nurses a one-year residency program to help nursing graduates adjust to the stressful daily grind of frontline health care. Panasonic CF-C1mk2 convertible tablet revealed (DarkVision Hardware) Panasonic announced the Toughbook CF-C1mk2, a new convertible tablet with Intel's Core i5-2520M processor. Love Story: A Plane Chat Led To A Trip Down The Aisle (Hartford Courant) Vittorio Di Carlo served in Afghanistan with Italy's navy but never boarded an airplane until he came to the United States in 2005. Money woes, infighting plague UW nursing school (The Seattle Times) The University of Washington's School of Nursing — ranked a top nursing school for decades — not only is losing its dean, it has lost a sense of shared purpose among its faculty and staff, according to a sharply critical consultant's report. Monterey Peninsula College training device mimics variety of ailments for nursing students (Monterey County Herald) Monterey Peninsula College nursing students Donna Santos, left, and Hilary Ryan work with one of the new electronic robots at the MPC Nursing School. More Nursing News...

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(7 stories) 5 jobs with high salary, low education

Nursing - News June 23, 2011 See Nursing Weather 5 jobs with high salary, low education (WDAM-TV Hattiesburg) The cost of higher education is on the rise. According to the report "College of 2020" by Chronicle Research Services, the largest increases in college tuition compared with inflation in the last decade have been at public four-year institutions. Off-duty officer, nurses help when student collapses in basketball game (The News-Gazette) CHAMPAIGN - A Findlay teenager was listed in stable condition Wednesday at a Peoria hospital after he was resuscitated by an off-duty Champaign police officer and two nurses at a summer league basketball game at Parkland College. JCC To Expand Nursing Lab Facilities By 40 Percent (The Post-Journal, Jamestown New York) By Chad Gustafson , With the acquisition of $92,800 in federal funding, Jamestown Community College expects to see its nursing lab facilities expand by 40 percent in the near future. Team of mobile dentists treats shut-in patients (WCSH-TV Portland) Who doesn't hate going to the dentist? Taking the time to get there can be just as painful as whatever you need fixed, but that doesn't have to be the case. Molina Healthcare helps support Hispanic nurses, nursing students in Auburn (The Auburn Reporter) Molina Healthcare of Washington recently celebrated the launch of the first-ever Western Washington Chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses . College student describes nursing home life (Capital Weekly) Pushing a walker in front of her, Katie Clouthier enters a room at Maine General Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at Gray Birches with a big smile on her face. Health Secretary Sebelius Visiting Denver (CBS Local) Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is visiting Denver to highlight a program aimed at stopping preventable injuries and complications in patient care. More Nursing News...

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(6 stories) Quarry Hill Honors Nursing Assistants

Nursing - News June 22, 2011 See Nursing Weather Quarry Hill Honors Nursing Assistants (Herald Gazette) Nina Cunningham, RN, Quarry Hill's Assisted Living Unit Manager, and CNA Nancy Gamage have been part of the same nursing care team at Quarry Hill for over 16 years. Nursing, Social Work Programs Enhanced with New Space at AU (The Legal Record) As a school social worker for DeKalb School District 428, Colleen Heffernan knows the value of teamwork. UAB Cancer Center launches Cancer Care Network (WIAT-TV Birmingham) Often people diagnosed with cancer who don't live near a major academic medical center have limited choices for specialized cancer care close to home. First lady an advocate for underdogs (Warwickonline) Rhode Island's First Lady, Stephanie Chafee, puts Ritz crackers in her meatloaf, and takes sugar and cream in her coffee. Nursing home chain seeks tax change (Hawk Eye) An Iowa nonprofit nursing home chain wants dozens of its facilities reclassified from commercial to residential properties, a move that would cut its taxes in half and leave cities and counties with less revenue. Urinary incontinence doubles risk of postpartum depression (Science, Industry and Business) Women with urinary incontinence after giving birth are almost twice as likely to develop postpartum depression as those without incontinence, according to a new study led by Wendy Sword, a professor in McMaster University's School of Nursing. More Nursing News...

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(5 stories) CCAC Ranks First Nationally for Nursing Graduates

Nursing - News June 21, 2011 See Nursing Weather CCAC Ranks First Nationally for Nursing Graduates (Patch) Community College of Allegheny County grants diplomas to the largest number of registered nurses among the nation's two-year institutions and awards the second-largest number of associate degrees in health careers, according to a Community College Week report. Bayonne Medical Center holds School of Nursing graduation (The Jersey Journal) A class of 22 students graduated from the Bayonne Medical Center School of Nursing on June 8 at St. Research Provides Prescription for Healthier Hospital Supply Chains (Infection Control Today) University of Cincinnati analysis of hospital supply chains - how hospitals stock nursing stations with the hundreds of medicines, materials and even office supplies needed - holds promise in helping to make supply and re-supply efforts leaner and more cost effective. Five health courses introduced (The Hindu) HELPFUL:Students of MBA attending a session on public relations skills at the Vadamalayan Institute of Medical and Allied Health Sciences in Madurai. Steve's SOS to solve a prickly little problem (Preston Today) When this prickly cutie was abandoned by his mother in a bin store in Plungington, Steve Whalley knew exactly what to do. More Nursing News...

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(7 stories) Half of workers and managers have faced mental health issues, study suggests

Nursing - News June 20, 2011 See Nursing Weather Half of workers and managers have faced mental health issues, study suggests (Penticton Herald) Susan Jakobson, of all people, might reasonably have been expected to recognize and act on the signs of mental illness. Alcoholic Patient Drinks 6-Pack - of Hand Sanitizer (NBC Dallas) An Australian man being treated for alcoholism downed six bottles of hand-sanitizer, boosting his blood-alcohol level into the stratosphere. Our View: After 100 years of service to the city, state and region,... (Alabama Live) Children's of Alabama in Birmingham. The value of Children's Hospital to our state and region has never been better illustrated than immediately following the deadly storms on April 27. Villagomez encourages nursing assistants to stay in NMI (Marianas Variety) PUBLIC Health Secretary Joseph Kevin Villagomez urged newly graduated nursing assistants to pursue their studies, becomeA registered nurses and serve the CNMI. Demand for nurses grows larger (CourierPostOnline) Nursing student Olivia Amendolia, 23, performs a cardiac assessment on a mannequin as fellow student Kofi Sasu, 28, looks on at the Stratford UMDNJ campus. 8-year-old boy hit by tree stable, doing better (Rome News) An eight-year-old boy injured on Thursday when a tree fell on him was continuing to show signs of improvement on Sunday, a family friend said. Nursing Associate Northwest Hospital (Nurse) A member of LifeBridge Health, Northwest Hospital is a Friesen-design hospital with all private rooms located in suburban Baltimore, MD. More Nursing News...

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