Nursing - News October 2, 2011

With more doctorates in health care, a fight over a title (Bend Bulletin)
With pain in her right ear, Sue Cassidy went to a clinic. The doctor, wearing a white lab coat with a stethoscope in one pocket, introduced herself.

Survivor's story (The Index Journal)
He remembers receiving plenty of shots. He remembers lying on his sickbed for months.

Sharing breast milk: Govt hospital offers wet nursing (New Straits Times)
This initiative is now well established and we are the first government hospital in Malaysia to provide this service according to Islamic principles.

Ballard, Carroll, Heuer and McDermott honored at Vincentian Heritage Convocation (Grand Island Pennysaver)
The Rev. Joseph L. Levesque, C.M., president of Niagara University , stands with honorees Thomas M. McDermott, the Rev.

Registered Nurse I - Sina... Sinai Hospital of Baltimo... (Nurse)
A member of LifeBridge Health, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore features state-of-the-art facilities, national acclaim, and renowned Centers of Excellence.

Patient death puts spotlight on replacement nurses (The Modesto Bee)
In an ad on Facebook, a company seeking stand-ins for nurses planning a walkout encouraged applicants to what it termed "join us for all the fun on this strike." Days later, a patient at Oakland's Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, who was under the care of a so-called traveling nurse, died from an apparent medical error.

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