Nursing - News October 15, 2011

We must fight to stop the axe falling on A&E (Pontefract and Castleford Express)
Pictured: Resusitation room. Picture: MATTHEW PAGE WHEN Pontefract's new "state-of-the-art" 60m hospital opened in January, health chiefs made one promise: that it would have a 24-hour, consultant-led accident and emergency department.

Hospital hospitality: Open house provides first look at Mercy expansion (The Janesville Gazette)
Construction was completed this month on the largest section of the hospital, where delivery and in-patient space were added to the building's east side.

Nursing students prepare for clinical rotations (Appalachian Journal)
Students from the Greenbrier Valley Site of the New River School of Practical Nursing Pocahontas County Cohort recently were oriented in preparation for clinical rotations at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center.

Breast cancer doctor returns to Marin to describe her experience as breast cancer patient (Marin Independent Journal)
Kim Allison, author of the book Red Sunshine, is seen at the home of her parents in Tiburon, Calif.

Kate Gosselin denies return to nursing (Philly)
As fans wondered what Kate Gosselin will do without a reality show, an "exclusive" report is declaring she'll return to nursing.

Rare transplant gives quadruple amputee two new hands (Vancouver Sun)
The double-hand transplant is the second performed by Brigham and Women's, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.

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