Nursing - News August 13, 2011

Wabash lands senior center (Journalgazette)
Mainstreet Property Group, a company based in Cicero that specializes in health care for senior citizens, said it expects to break ground this fall on a roughly 65,000-square-foot center.

Workers Reach Agreement at Gowanda Nursing Center (WGRZ-TV Buffalo)
After several months of bargaining, members of the 1199 SEIU Healthcare Workers have reached a tentative agreement with the Gowanda Rehabilitation Nursing Center.

NICU pioneer Dr. James Opitz retires from Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital (Marshfield News-Herald)
After founding the Ministry Saint Joseph's Children's Hospital neonatal intensive care unit and serving its patients for more than 40 years, Dr.

1,296 students receive degrees, certificates from Renton Technical College (Rentonreporter)
There was cause for celebration Thursday night at ShoWare Center in Kent as Renton Technical College awarded 1,296 degrees and certificates in its 2011 commencement ceremony.

Health workers face $290M pension deficit (Canada East)
Concern is growing over a $290-million deficit in the pension plan for thousands of nurses and other unionized health-care employees in New Brunswick.

Outbreak C. difficile strain common in Chicago hospitals, investigation finds (Science, Industry and Business)
An outbreak strain of Clostridium difficile, a bacterium that causes diarrhea and sometimes life-threatening inflammation of the colon, is common in Chicago-area acute care hospitals, an investigation published in the September issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology suggests.

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