Nursing - News October 4, 2011

U of C sees rising enrolment of men in nursing program (Calgary Herald)
University of Calgary nursing students, from left, Graham Courtney, Ryan Wilkie, and Tyler Hume are members of the Nursing Guys Club.

Nurses meet up after 50 years (Oxford Times)
There were laughs, tears and plenty of memories as a group of trainee nurses were reunited after 50 years apart.

Nurses to begin work stoppage at 'extremely unsafe' Limerick hospital (Irish Examiner)
Nurses at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick will engage in a third work-stoppage at 8am this morning.

Erie County's proposed budget includes $1M for nursing homes (Erie Times News)
Pleasant Ridge Manor needed more than $565,000 in taxpayer funds from Erie County government to plug the gap between expenses and revenues in 2011.

For Sirte wounded, frontline triage comes in a mosque (WTVR Richmond)
On one side of the one-room mosque is a clock showing both local and Mecca time, and a stack of Korans.

Homewatch CareGivers Offers Affordable Non-Medical Alternative to Assisted Living or Nursing Homes (TheAlternativePress)
Since August 2009, Homewatch CareGivers of Essex, Morris and northern Union Counties has offered an affordable non-medical alternative to assisted living or nursing homes.

Healthcare expert calls Hudak, Horwath shortsighted (CBC)
PC Leader Tim Hudak has been adamant about cutting Ontario's 14 regional health boards but one health economist calls the idea shortsighted.

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