Nursing - News August 19, 2011

Denise Crawford of Mandeville is a fitness role model (The Times-Picayune)
Denise Crawford -- 43-year-old Metairie native, Mandeville resident, registered nurse, Archbishop Chapelle and Charity School of Nursing alum -- makes exercise a part of daily routine despite the fact that she has to juggle work and raising two children under the age of 3. "It's got to be part of your daily routine," she says.

Mercer U gets $430K in grants for nursing programs (WTOC-TV Savannah)
Mercer University's nursing program has been given $430,000 in federal grants to do more nursing training and help increase the number of nursing faculty.

Local committee balks at state decision to add 95 nursing home beds in Ottawa County (Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance)
Patient Esther Sell works with physical therapist Heather Staal on the parallel bars at Spectrum Health Nursing and Rehab Center at 4118 Kalamazoo Ave SE.

Lawyer: Drugmakers Knew Vials Led To Contamination (CBS Local)
Attorney Robert Eglet told a jury during opening arguments on Thursday that officials for Baxter Healthcare Corp.

Flu Shot Rates Low for Health Workers, Moms-to-Be: CDC (Mental Help Net)
Flu vaccination levels among U.S. health care workers have risen in recent years but are still below the 2020 national health objectives, a new study says.

Waikato Hospital doctors and nurses stage Ridet Mortem - Die Laughing (Waikato Times)
Waikato Hospital's doctors and nurses will swap the bright lights of the operating theatre for the even brighter lights of the stage tonight when the hospital's comedy revue opens at Hamilton's Clarence Street Theatre.

Asylum centre dismisses outspoken nurse (The Age)
A MENTAL health nurse has been sacked from a Darwin detention centre for saying she believes mandatory detention contributes to mental illness in asylum seekers.

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