Nursing - News October 25, 2011

Nursing numbers are inadequate (The Northern Rivers Echo)
NSWNA delegate Neville Lollback , NSWNA Grafton branch secretary Kassie Packwood, Labor candidate for the Clarence by-election Peter Ellem, NSWNA Grafton branch assistant secretary Tyrone Dungey and NSW Opposition leader John Robertson.

More evidence that coffee cuts skin cancer risk (ABS-CBN News)
More evidence that coffee, particularly among female drinkers, has a positive effect against the most common form of skin cancer worldwide was released Monday at a major US medical conference.

Help Wanted (The Chronicle (Cromwell/Middletown))
WESTFIELD CARE & REHAB CENTER : A 90 bed SNF is seeking energetic CNA's for per diem positions.

Ocean Springs Nursing Center uses pet therapy (The Mississippi Press)
Man's best friend is now making patient visitations as part of a daily pet therapy program for residents at Ocean Springs Nursing Center .

Healthy U Express is making it easier for women to get breast exams (Business Journal)
The Healthy U Express is a new blue bus that has been equipped with the latest digital mammography equipment and satellite technology.

Anti-Gay Activist to Parents: Watch Out for LGBT Doctors, Nurses (EDGE)
An activist with an anti-gay organization has sent word to America's parents to watch out for gay doctors and nurses, and to be sure to let their children's physicians know that GLBT hospital staff shouldn't be allowed near injured kids, Dan Savage reported at his blog on Oct.

Dana-Farber, Brigham and Women's launch large genetic study of cancer (Boston)
Molecular technologist Mark Byrne observed a diagnostic machine at the Center for Advanced Molecular Diagnostics at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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