Nursing - News August 4, 2011

Studs. protest LIC class cancellation (NY Daily News)
The transition of Long Island College Hospital into SUNY Downstate Medical Center has left prospective associate degree nursing students without a program.

WNMU accepts 32 nursing students (Deming Headlight)
SILVER CITY, N.M. The School of Nursing has announced the acceptance of 32 students into the 2011-2012 Associate Degree Nursing program, the maximum amount it can accept.

Children's Hospital Names Dog As Honorary Nurse (KSAT-TV San Antonio)
Adopted from Gold Ribbon Rescue in Austin by a retired hospice nurse in San Antonio, Cindy the Golden Retriever was honored on Wednesday by Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital for her service as a therapy dog.

Delmar Gardens, Bethesda Health Group face millions in Medicare cuts (Business Journal)
St. Louis-area nursing home operators will lose millions of dollars in federal funding this fall as part of an overhaul of Medicare Medicare Local nonprofit making money off sleep Subsidized state health insurance rates lowered Skilled nursing facilities to take 11% pay cut reimbursement rates.

Horizon asks health centres to close temporarily (CBC)
Horizon Health Network is ordering its senior managers to find five weekdays when its 28 health centres can be closed before March 31.

CDC: Moms Need More Help Breast-Feeding (KSBW-TV)
Hospitals could and should do a lot more to help women succeed at breast-feeding, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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