Nursing - News September 20, 2011

NHS staff face 'toxic combination' (Brighouse Today)
Health staff are under severe pressure because of a "toxic combination" of a pay freeze, increased workload and shrinking resources, unions have warned.

Gordon Hospital presents new uniform policy (Calhoun Times)
Uniform colors and departments represented: Ceil Blue - nursing Royal Blue - all technicians, including medical office assistants, scrub techs, monitor tech, patient care techs, and clinic techs Pewter Gray - radiology Gray - cardiopulmonary Dark Gray - nutritional services Light gray - housekeeping Navy - physical therapy, speech therapy, and ... (more)

Crane falls on Shreveport nursing home (The Shreveport Times)
A 110-foot construction crane fell on a Shreveport nursing home Monday, causing damage to the rear of the building and sending one employee to a local hospital with minor injuries.

INMO: No contingency plan for Limerick nurses' stoppage (Irish Examiner)
Management at the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Limerick have yet to put in place a contingency plan to deal with a planned worked stoppage by nurses in its emergency department tomorrow, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has claimed.

Expert Nursing Panel: Making Pain Control Safer (Newswise)
Efforts to effectively control pain in hospitalized patients with opioid analgesics can lead to unintentional sedation and respiratory depression, which are serious adverse events affecting the quality of recovery for patients.

Inquest continues into death of pensioner who fell in... (Enfield Independent)
AN ambulance driver said he carried out an emergency stop seconds before his elderly passenger fell from her seat, an inquest heard today.

Nursing Charter School Celebrates Opening (Patch)
The first nursing charter school in the country opened earlier this month in Providence and the school celebrated its opening with a ribbon cutting event today.

Calgary nurse shortage predicted Sep 19, 2011 12:27 PM Et a " Calgary... (CBC)
Calgary could face a shortage of nurses by 2012, documents suggest, just as the city's new billion-dollar hospital is set to open.

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