Nursing - News July 2, 2011

Frye named Hospital's Fire Starter of the Month (Morris Daily Herald)
Jennifer Frye, of Seneca, was selected Morris Hospital and Healthcare Centers' June Fire Starter of the Month.

Chemo nurses, radiation therapists deserve special recognition (Star-Gazette)
Chemo nurses, radiation therapists deserve special recognition Comments Filed Under Life Chemotherapy nurses and radiation therapists provide much of the hands-on care to cancer patients.

Job Satisfaction Declining for Nurses, Survey Says (KBOI-AM Boise)
Job satisfaction appears to be on the decline in the nursing field. A survey conducted by AMN Healthcare, a provider of healthcare staffing and management, says that nearly 25 percent of registered nurses say they plan to search for other employment when the economy recovers.

EMR Problems Hurt Doctor Efficiency, AMA Says (InformationWeek)
Responding to physicians' concerns that electronic medical record products are difficult to navigate and use for retrieving important patient information, the American Medical Association has voted to advocate for the standardization of key elements of EMR interface design.

Mid-Atlantic Healthcare spends $75M on five Philly nursing homes (Business Journal)
The facilities represent 1,200 beds and will make Mid-Atlantic Health Care the largest skilled nursing company in Philadelphia, the Baltimore senior care company said in a statement.

Riley Jordan receives NOC nursing pin (AdaEveningNews)
Riley Jordan of Ada , member of the Northern Oklahoma College Stillwater 2011 Nursing Class, receives her nursing pin from her fiancA© Ben Ross and her parents David and Leslie Jordan during ceremonies April 30 at Countryside Baptist Church, Stillwater.

Gloria Goodman to retire from ALMH after 3 decades in nursing (Lincoln Daily News)
G loria Goodman will retire from Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital on Friday after a career of more than 31 years working in the Memorial Health System.

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