Nursing - News September 8, 2011

Ft. Bend County resident recognized by Nurse.com for excellence in nursing (Fort Bend Star)
Fort Bend County resident Terry Throckmorton, Ph.D., R.N., Associate Chief, Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice at The Methodist Hospital, was recently selected as a regional winner in Nurse.com 's Excellence in Nursing Awards program.

A grand (opening) occasion (Orange County Review)
The Piedmont Regional Dental Clinic and the Orange County Free Clinic celebrated their new, permanent locations last week in a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house, attended by more than 100 people.

Orange Park nursing facility's "Energizer bunny" wins top corporate award (The Florida Times-Union)
Kathleen Durham, activities director at Consulate Health Care of Orange Park, recently won a top corporate award over thousands of other employees across the state and received a plaque and vacation getaway as rewards.

TRISUN's planned nursing home under way in Northwest San Antonio (Business Journal)
The new 42,000-square-foot facility will be located at 8707 Lakeside Parkway and will employ 115 full- and part-time workers once completed.

Well: Why Patients Can't Sleep at the Hospital (The New York Times)
During nursing school, I remember my first clinical instructor initiating us into one of the paradoxical truths of health care: "You don't come to the hospital to sleep." Patients need to sleep - for emotional health, for wound healing, to maintain a strong immune system - and yet the drama of fractured and broken sleep plays out night after night ... (more)

Protecting Adolescent Girls From Unwanted Unprotected Sex (MediLexicon)
Partner abuse leads to HIV infection, and black women are most at risk. A new study at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing has found that 46 percent of African-American adolescent girls report that their partner did not use a condom the last time they had sex -- often because of partner abuse.

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