Nursing - News September 27, 2011

Rabies concerns Fort Riley medical officials (KMAN-AM Manhattan)
Irwin Army Community Hospital is seeking to identify and treat Soldiers and civilians potentially exposed to the rabies virus while deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan after March 2010.

Debates: risk and reward (CBC)
David Cochrane is the provincial affairs reporter for CBC News in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Lipscomb University growth spurt continues (The Tennessean)
Lipscomb University continues to experience an enrollment and building boom, and a new $8.5 million nursing building is another building project intended to spur growth on the bustling Green Hills campus.

Nurses accused of racism face delay (Wellingborough Today)
A misconduct hearing against two nurses accused of staging a campaign of racist abuse against colleagues has been adjourned after it ran out of time.

Austin nursing home helping residents through personalized music program (Austin American-Statesman)
Marcos Madero, who was partially paralyzed by a bout of valley fever, has learned to set his music player in his room at the Gracy Woods II Nursing Center in North Austin to the sort of music that helps lift his depression.

Nurses union accuses Lourdes of bargaining in bad faith (KNDU)
One of the nurse's unions at Lourdes Health Network is accusing the hospital of bargaining in bad faith.

Jefferson County, former nursing home, medical providers sued over patient's 2009 death (Alabama Live)
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Jefferson County and its former nursing home claiming staff failed to provide the treatment and care that could have prevented a patient's death in 2009.

Dr Peter Carter: Nursing boss defends claims that relatives of the... (Daily Mail)
Dr Peter Carter, head of the Royal College of Nursing, said families should be encouraged to assist patients during mealtimes and take them to the toilet.

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