Nursing - News August 23, 2011

Delaware Hospice nurse Lisa Carver receives Excellence in Nursing Award (Cape Gazette)
Delaware Hospice Nurse, Lisa Carver, RN, CHPN,A holds the Delaware Excellence in Nursing Practice 2011 Hospice Care Award which was presented to her July 14.

Most Heart Attack Patients Who Need Angioplasty Quickly Get It: Study (HON)
More than 90 percent of U.S. heart attack patients who required emergency angioplasty to open blocked coronary arteries received the treatment within the recommended time in 2010, a new study finds.

Nurses to go before C diff inquiry (Paisley and Renfrew Extra)
An inquiry into a hospital bug outbreak which claimed 18 lives is to hear evidence from nurses working at the time.

HealthSouth overcomes Golden Living's objection, gets early approval to add beds. (Fredericksburg)
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Fredericksburg has cleared an earlyA hurdle in its attempt to getA state approval for 12 new beds.

AdCare buys Ohio, Arkansas nursing homes (Business Journal)
Springfield-based AdCare, a senior living and health care facility management company, declined to name the facility or where in Ohio it's located but said it has 193 beds and generates about $12 million in gross annual revenue.

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