Nursing - News October 16, 2011

Dear mum, I can't wait for you to wake from your coma and find you've ... (Mirror.co.uk)
Dear mum, I can't wait for you to wake from your coma and find you've had ME - nurses' moving diary of baby's first days As she came round in hospital Viki Allin was met by the familiar sight of her husband and son staring back at her in a bedside photograph.

Skilled Nursing and Post-Acute Care Has Improved in 9 of 10 Quality Areas, Government Data Shows (MELODIKA)
With a commitment to quality improvement and transparency, the nation's two leading long term and post-acute care organizations today released a comprehensive report of the quality of care in America's nursing and rehabilitation facilities.

Doctor recommends a flu shot? Like he should talk (Bend Bulletin)
Doctors fight an annual battle to persuade patients to get flu shots. But it turns out that persuading the doctors - and nurses and other clinicians - to take their own advice and get those very shots is nearly as trying.

Hollyoaks actor visits St Wilfrid's Hospice (Chichester Today)
TV STAR and former Chichester College student Danny Mac visited St Wilfrid's Hospice to find out about the work that goes on there.

Breast cancer: Patients, families deal with diagnosis (The Capital-Journal)
Vicky Millard, left, plays with her grandson, Cayden, at Lake Shawnee in September.

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