Nursing - News October 29, 2011

Standard of nursing at Winchester hospital criticised (Romsey Advertiser)
Hazel Burt, a diabetic, went into hospital on September 18 suffering from neuralgia, severe pain in her face caused by damaged nerves.

Groups That Plan To Lobby The Supercommittee (National Public Radio)
In all, 619 different groups and corporations said they intend to lobby around the work of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, better known around Capitol Hill as the supercommittee.

Long Beach Memorial nurses authorize strike (My Mother Lode)
Hundreds of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center nurses have voted to authorize a strike if contract negotiation talks with hospital management reach an impasse.

Widener University Gives High School Students A Peek At A Career In Nursing (CBS Local)
CHESTER, Pa. - Widener University School of Nursing is holding it's 11th annual Nursing Workshop for high school students at 11 a.m. Thursday.

Correction: Kansas-Abortion Clinics story (Sunherald)
TOPEKA, Kan. -- In an Oct. 27 story about revised Kansas regulations for abortion providers, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the rules would allow only physicians to dispense medications to abortion patients and misquoted an attorney for the Center for Reproductive Rights as saying they wouldn't permit physician assistants to hand ... (more)

Brunswick Community College gets nursing grant (WECT-TV Wilmington)
Brunswick Community College is getting a grant to help nursing instructors prepare to use patient simulation technology.

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