Nursing - News December 28, 2011

The high price of failing artificial hips (Bend Bulletin)
"I'm sitting here on a La-Z-Boy meant for someone who is 80 and I'm 55," says Thomas Dougherty, who spent five months this year without a left hip after undergoing an operation to replace a failed artificial hip.

Miss. hit by barrage of nursing applicants (PageantCast News Desk)
Amid a statewide nursing shortage, hundreds of qualified applicants for nursing degrees are not being admitted to programs in Mississippi because the colleges can't meet the demand.

Coroner blasts catalogue of errors in girl's death at Tameside Hospital (Tameside Advertiser)
A girl of 12 died after doctors failed to carry out blood tests because they were too busy, an inquest was told.

Inconclusive Prognosis (The Daily News)
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Deal reached to avert NYC hospital nurse strike (WINK-TV Fort Myers)
Negotiators for 1,300 nurses at a private New York City hospital have reached a tentative deal on a four-year contract that would avert a threatened strike.

Nursing student at BU receives Aboriginal Achievement bursary (Brandon Sun)
A mother of five who returned to Brandon University to study nursing once her youngest was in school has won a $1,500 bursary from the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation.

Hospital 'a basket case' (The Age)
THE Australian Medical Association has warned Victorians to avoid Frankston Hospital - one of the largest in Melbourne - after it closed a 30-bed ward due to a lack of government funding.

Visiting Nurses offer program on navigating hospital stay (Darien News-Review)
According to Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County, a visit to the hospital can be like travelling to a foreign country for many.

Loyola's Advanced Practice Nursing Program Receives National Accreditation At Maximum Level (MediLexicon)
The Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing has been granted accreditation for a five-year term, the maximum number of years possible, by the Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education .

Hospice Reaps Rewards from Restaurant Dining Days (Patch)
Nearly a dozen area restaurants held fundraisers to benefit the Hospice of the Chesapeake in November.

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