Nursing - News June 8, 2011

Ashland U. ready to break ground on nursing college (News Journal)
Ashland University will break ground next week on its $15.5 million Dwight Schar College of Nursing facility at the corner of Trimble Road and Marion Avenue.

Renown hires NEW director (Mason Valley News)
Evelyn McGuckin, a registered nurse, has been hired as the new executive director of Rehabilitation Services at Renown Health.

Nursing Research Focuses On Health Trajectory Research (MediLexicon)
Health care research typically focuses on final outcomes such as cure or death overlooking the fact that health and illness are dynamic states that evolve and change over time.

Last nursing home worker who shared nude photos disciplined (Kitsapsun)
The last of three Kitsap Health and Rehabilitation Center employees fired last year for sharing cellphone photos of naked patients has been disciplined by the state.

Nurses Tell Chamber, Politicians: Time to Cure America (AFL-CIO)
Nurses marched on Capitol Hill today to call for a new national agenda. Carrying signs saying "Heal America! Tax Wall Street!" more than 1,000 nurses, union members and community allies today called on President Obama, the Chamber of Commerce and Congress set a new course to heal the nation.

Cameron unveils major NHS rethink (BBC News)
David Cameron: "Hospital doctors and nurses will be involved in care commissioning" David Cameron has outlined "real changes" to controversial plans for NHS reforms in England, following criticism from health service professionals.

JMH officials show off new $176 million hospital (Http)
Long, sterile hallways, bright lights, squeaky tile floors people looking for these signs of a typical medical facility in the new Johnston Memorial Hospital will be disappointed.

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