Nursing - News September 12, 2011

Improbable research: kangaroo care and live music (Guardian Unlimited)
Does it benefit premature babies to be held close up to their mother while listening to the strains of a harp? A young red-necked wallaby peers out of his mother's pouch.

Volunteers donate exam table (Marshfield News-Herald)
Individuals at the gift presentation included Shari Owens, RN, at Memorial Health Center Clinics-Rib Lake, from left; Dee Habeck, volunteer gift shop manager; and Dorothy Obenhoffer, MHC Volunteers president.

Retiral gifts for midwife (Arbroath Herald)
Midwife Lay Imm McDonald has retired from the Quenn Mother Wing at Arbroath Infirmary on Monday.

Director of Nursing - Gastonia (Monster)
The goal of the SavaSeniorCare affiliated facilities is to offer an environment where residents and staff are treated with dignity and respect.

Labour says 2,000 care courses cut (Hampshire Chronicle)
Around 2,000 places to study on nursing, midwifery and clinical health care university courses in England have been cut, the Labour party claims.

5 nursing homes face thousands in fines (Des Moines Register)
Five Iowa nursing homes have each been fined more than $8,000 because of allegations of resident neglect that resulted in two deaths, a leg amputation and other injuries.

Get your kettles out (Bakewell Today)
Fundraisers from a leading cancer charity have launched a major drive to get people across the Dales to help raise over 8.5 million - by putting the kettle on.

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