Nursing - News September 5, 2011

Health trust launches new nursing uniform (Lisburn Today)
The South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust will be launching a new regional nursing uniform on September 5, which will be rolled out in phases across hospitals in the area as well as in the community.

Creighton to Study Diabetes Among Nebraska, South Dakota Tribes (WOWT-TV Omaha)
Creighton University has been awarded a $207,000 grant to study whether traditional Talking Circles help American Indians on Nebraska and South Dakota reservations address their diabetes.

14:06 Hospital overcrowding hits new high (The Sligo Champion)
Hospital overcrowding reached a record high in August with more than 6,600 patients left waiting on trolleys in emergency departments, it has emerged.

Be the first to comment (ThisIsSouthDevon)
Campaigners have poured scorn on claims that sweeping NHS reforms will cut red tape and save money after it was revealed four Westcountry health organisations will be replaced with nine.

Medical center lays off 37 (The Times of Trenton)
St. Francis Medical Center said yesterday that it laid off 37 employees last week, partly because of fewer hospitalizations and lower reimbursement to doctors and hospitals and other changes resulting from recent health care reform legislation.

City Council supports bill banning Nursing's trainng fees (Sun-Star)
THE Bacolod City Council has passed the resolution of Councilor Caesar Distrito supporting House Bill 767, which seeks "to prohibit public and private hospitals from requiring the payment of money of post-graduate nurses who want to gain work experience from their hospitals and penalizing any violation thereof." "Several public and private ... (more)

Doctors to visit elderly patients at home if Ontario Liberals re-elected (The Toronto Star)
Heather James once sat down to list the jobs she's had in her life and came up with 58, from tobacco picker to lawyer's assistant to cleaning construction sites.

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