Nursing - News October 1, 2011

Canada's Supreme Court rules that North America's only legal drug injection facility can stay open (BBC News)
North America's only legal drug-injection site can stay open, Canada's Supreme Court rules, in a defeat for the country's conservative government.

Nurses at Central Mental Hospital vote for strike action (Irish Examiner)
Care officers and nurses at the Central Mental Hospital in Dublin have voted in favour of industrial action.

Report: Mental health care gaps in Indian Country (KPIC)
A new U.S. government report highlights serious gaps in mental health care for many American Indians and Alaska Natives, groups that suffer from problems including a teenage suicide rate more than twice the national average.

Investigator: Feds fine nursing home following abuse (WKYC-TV Cleveland)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has fined the Prentiss Center for Skilled Nursing Care at MetroHealth $357,000. Inspectors said, in a September letter to nursing home administrator Christina Szatala, that they found the facility was "not in substantial compliance" and found the most serious deficiency "to place the health and safety ... (more)

NHS to get 111 non-emergency number (Andover Advertiser)
The 111 line, which has been trialled in a small number of areas, will dispense advice but also organise care as appropriate from GPs, community nurses or an ambulance.

Nursing strike averted, tentative agreement reached (SooToday)
NEWS RELEASE ONTARIO NURSES' ASSOCIATION ************************** Tentative settlement reached for RNs, allied health professionals at Ontario's Community Care Access Centres TORONTO - Ontario Nurses' Association President Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN, is pleased to announce that a tentative settlement has been reached for 3,000 registered nurses and ... (more)

Nursing groups merge for statewide reach, viability (Indianapolis Business News)
Three nursing not-for-profits have merged into a single statewide entity called the Indiana Center for Nursing, the groups reported Thursday.

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