Nursing - News October 20, 2011

Norfolk's new rapid response nursing team for unexpected child deaths (Eastern Daily Press)
A new team of children's nurses and a consultant are providing a cross-county rapid access service for unexpected children's deaths.

Quinnipiac's Nursing School Opens in North Haven (Patch)
News Quinnipiac University's North Haven campus welcomed its latest addition to the school's offerings.

South London Healthcare trust apologises to family of woman who died during routine operation (News Shopper)
A HEALTH trust has apologised to the family of a young woman who died at Princess Royal Hospital after it emerged there were deficiencies in her care following a routine operation.

Notre Dame College in South Euclid to host nursing lecture on October 25 (Sun Messenger)
Notre Dame College, 4545 College Road, will host a lecture titled "Collaborating for Patient Safety: The Joint Commission and You," at 4:30 p.m. Oct.

A Quest To Prevent Post-Surgery Blindness (CTNow)
Nursing professor Bonnie Molloy at Fairfield University has studied how the head-down position during robotic or laparoscopic surgery can lead to blindness and has developed a program to reduce the risk.

250 nurses go on strike over bond, harassment (Mid-Day Mumbai)
After a colleague committed suicide, caregivers at Asian Heart Institute stopped work, to protest the misbehaviour of officials, and a 2-year contract A A day after a 22-year old nurse Beena Baby, working with the Asian Heart Institute, committed suicide, over 250 nurses in the five-star hospital went on strike yesterday, in protest against alleged ... (more)

Attack On Red Tape To Save $5 Billion On US Health Care Bill In 5 Years, Says Obama Administration (Medical News Today)
CMS has proposed some rules to scale back outdates regulations to cut red tape in an effort to slice another $5 billion in the US health care bill over five years, the HHS has announced.

Well: Doctor's Remedy: Turmeric for Joint Pain (The New York Times)
Once relegated to the margins of the medical world, alternative remedies and therapies are now increasingly finding a place in many American homes, with more than a third of adults saying they have used some form of them.

Sage slashing tuition for RNs seeking bachelor's degrees (Business Journal)
Glenda Kelman , chair of the nursing department at the Troy, N.Y.-based Sage, said that starting Jan.

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