Nursing - News June 11, 2011

Abergavenny church hosts thanksgiving mass for Filipino nurses (Freepressseries.co.uk)
SOME left boyfriends, others left children and many left parents and friends as they waved goodbye to the Philippines for a new life in Abergavenny.

Staff pitch in to create sensational new room (Wellingborough Today)
When staff at a care home decided residents would benefit from a sensory room, they rolled up their sleeves and did the work themselves.

Workers picket outside Doctors Clinic office (Kitsapsun)
Phillips, 69, said she had to go out and buy another one to augment it, causing her to dip into her health-savings account to help pay for it when most of the other Doctors Clinic workers didn't have that expense.

Proper checks important in taking care of elderly: nursing homes (Suria)
SINGAPORE: Some nursing homes say proper supervision is important in taking care of elderly residents.

Workers to vote on cut to salaries (Wellingborough Today)
Unions are urging staff at a county hospital to snub a ballot on pay cuts. The Royal College of Nursing and Unison have asked employees at Kettering General Hospital to not take part in a vote on whether they will accept a pay cut to help save the hospital A 15m.

Deaths no higher in coffee lovers with heart disease (WNWN-FM Battle Creek)
Women with heart disease who down a few cups of coffee each day tend to live as long as those who avoid the beverage, a large study finds.

Four Different Career Tracks Highlight SNHU's New MBA in Healthcare Informatics Program (WFRV)
Southern New Hampshire University is now offering its award-winning MBA with a concentration in Healthcare Informatics.

Eight Beebe nursing students receive scholarships (Cape Gazette)
Shown are Irene P. Sorbara Charitable Foundation Trust scholarship recipients. In back are Caitlin Owens, Kimberly Brasure, Patresa Karschner, Julia Bayne, Amanda Richter, Jessica Naipier-Kane, Amber Gallery, and Elizabeth Theil.

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