Nursing - News June 17, 2011

Surge in alcohol related illnesses (Bicester Advertiser)
TWO people were admitted to Oxfordshire's hospitals every day with alcohol related illnesses last year, according to government figures.

Central banker warns of a broader economic malaise (Times Online)
Post Shut failing hospitals, says leader of nurses' union Sam Lister Health Editor The worst-performing hospitals must be dismantled, merged and even closed if the NHS is to improve care and address the way that the health budget is spent, the nurses' leader has warned.

Nurses plead for 'paradigm shift' (Andover Advertiser)
A "paradigm shift" is needed to improve failing hospitals, the nurses' union leader has said.

County foundation recognizes president of EMH (Chronicle-Telegram)
After he accepted the Jim Doughman Community Service Award from the Community Foundation of Lorain County on Wednesday for years of helping the county's poor and uninsured, Dr.

New machine makes drawing blood easier (The Albany Herald)
John Canning with Bimeco Group, distributor of the VeinViewer Vision, illustrates veins beneath the skin of a patient.

Dead from cancer, nurse in newborn ICUs at UAMS, Children's leaves $100K for nursing education (5NEWSonline)
A nurse who recently died from cancer has left $100,000 to be shared by nursing education programs at two Little Rock hospitals.

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