Nursing - News September 9, 2011

Saskatchewan NDP pitches plan to halt rural hospital closures (The Star Phoenix)
Opposition Leader Dwain Lingenfelter outlined a plan Wednesday for what the NDP calls "community access hospitals," where senior registered nurses with advanced education could work with a team of health professionals - such as emergency medical technicians - to keep hospital services operating around the clock, even on occasions when a doctor ... (more)

Hospital seeks a few good pets to expand therapy (KFVS12)
Centegra Health System based in McHenry offers therapy dogs for animal assisted therapy and needs more animals so it can expand services.

Kaiser Permanente chimes in on strike threat by NUHW (Business Journal)
George Halvorson, Kaiser Permanente's chairman and CEO, probably isn't very pleased with the National Union of Healthcare Workers this week.

WITC addition brings health students back to campus (Rice Lake Online)
Health care classes have moved back onto the WITC-Rice Lake campus with the addition of a new lab and classroom center.

Karen M. Angus (Peshtigo Times Wisconsin Community Ne...)
Karen M. Angus, 49, Oconto Falls died Thursday afternoon, Sept. 1 at home surrounded by her family, following an 11 month illness with brain cancer.

Clinical vision of new director (Basingstoke Gazette)
Justin Hely will head up the team at the private hospital, in Basing Road, Old Basing, taking on the role in addition to his current position as executive director at BMI Sarum Road hospital, in Winchester.

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