Nursing - News June 6, 2011

More Iowa nurses with higher degrees needed for future (Http)
RITA A. FRANTZ, is dean of the University of Iowa College of Nursing. ANN WILLIAMSON is associate vice president and chief nursing officer at University of Iowa Hospitals.

W. Volusia hospital planning expansion (Daytona Beach News-Journal Online)
Florida Hospital Fish Memorial officials are planning a $7 million expansion that could improve emergency-room wait times.

Nursing student goes missing (MSNBC)
June 5: The family of a 26-year-old nursing student who went missing May 27 after leaving a San Francisco hospital briefly to retrieve something from her car are hoping she's alive and well, but fear that she met foul play.

Vanderbilt offering laughing gas for labor (WDRB-TV Louisville)
Vanderbilt Medical Center has a new option for women seeking pain relief during labor: laughing gas.

Suburban Philly nurses rally as contract end looms (WFMJ-TV Youngstown)
Associated Press - June 5, 2011 10:55 AM ET CHESTER, Pa. - Nurses at a suburban Philadelphia hospital are warning that they may go out on strike if no agreement is reached to replace the current contract, which expires Wednesday.

E.coli survivor describes pain, chaos at hospital (St. Augustine Record)
Nicoletta Pabst smiles during an interview with the Associated Press in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, June 4, 2011.

E coli outbreak: German hospitals struggling to cope (Guardian Unlimited)
Death toll rises to 21 as number of cases increases to 2,200, with bean sprouts thought to be to blame guardian.co.uk , German health authorities say bean sprouts grown in the north of the country are likely to be the cause of the E coli outbreak.

Specialists paid to embrace telehealth (NEWS.au)
MEDICAL specialists who provide videolink consultations to patients in remote areas will be paid a 50 per cent bonus in an effort to encourage them to adopt the new technology.

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