Nursing - News July 6, 2011

Man suffers heart attack at parade - in front of hospital float (WLS-AM Chicago)
Officials in Hinsdale credit quick-acting medical and emergency personnel -- as well as a bit of luck by way of the placement of parade floats -- for saving the life of a man who suffered a heart attack during the west suburb's Independence Day Parade.

VON nurses getting shorted on pay (CBC)
A new national payroll system for the Victorian Order of Nurses is missing staff payments and putting some nurses in financial jeopardy.

Moreno Valley: Nursing college students complain (The Press-Enterprise)
A nursing student says she was lied to by a local private college and promised benefits that didn't exist.

Little firecracker (WNWN-FM Battle Creek)
The 4th of July came on a Monday this year. While many were nursing sunburns & hangovers I got to see a baby being born.

Rapture predictor recovering in nursing home (KTVB Boise)
The California radio preacher who predicted the world's end on May 21 has been moved to a nursing home, where he is recovering from a stroke he suffered last month.

Home Births Up By 20% (The Huffington Post)
One mother chose home birth because it was cheaper than going to a hospital. Another gave birth at home because she has multiple sclerosis and feared unnecessary medical intervention.

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