Nursing - News August 29, 2011

Writer Gives Great Compliments To Flowers Hospital Nurses (RickeyStokesNews)
My recent stay at Flowers Hospital gave me a great respect for special nurses. I was on 2nd floor South and was given great attention and special treatment.

NICU reunion draws nearly 40 families (Statesman Journal)
Nearly 40 area families gathered together in southeast Salem this afternoon to connect with the doctors, nurses, and staff members who cared for their newborns who spent time in Salem's Neonatal Care Unit.

'House calls are coming back to Ontario': Liberals (National Post)
Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Deb Matthews announced Sunday that the province would commit $60-million to a program allowing health-care providers to treat seniors and the disabled in their homes.

Letter: Public support pays off with mother/baby home nursing visits via Martin Memorial (TCPalm)
Thanks to the continued support of the Children's Services Council of St. Lucie County, we at Martin Memorial Medical Center are able to offer a home nursing visit to all families who deliver a baby at Martin Memorial and reside in St.

Nursing home has settled multiple suits (Cincinnati)
Let's recap tonight's titanic struggle FINAL Cincinnati - 6 Washington - 3 WP: M. Leake LP: R. Detwiler S: C. Cordero BOX SCORE POSITIVES... Carespring Health Care Management faces four active civil lawsuits in Hamilton, Butler, Campbell and Clermont counties.

Do Not Disturb: Fury over nurses uniforms that ban patients from trying to speak to them (Daily Mail)
A row has broken out over a hospital trust's decision to give nurses 'Do Not Disturb' uniforms to wear during routine ward duties to prevent patients from speaking to them.

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