Nursing - News January 9, 2012

Students graduate from NETC practical nursing program (Cheraw Chronicle)
Pictured are the Northeastern Technical College Practical Nursing program graduates with their instructors.

AdCare Continues Nursing Facilities Acquisitions Strategy (OfficialWire)
AdCare Health Systems is to acquire three nursing facilities in Arkansas for just over $27 million.

US charities donate 550 wheelchairs to Jamaica (The Gleaner)
Doris Channer-Watson , board member of the Errol Rattray Evangelistic Association , accepts two wheelchairs for two of her patients, Norma Burnett and Mel Daley , during a handover ceremony for the distribution of 550 wheelchairs at the Faith Temple Assembly of God in Montego Bay, St James, on Friday.

Idaho nursing home ignites a staff love connection (Deseret News)
What started off as a group date turned into a twosome after friends canceled at the last minute.

45 more join UCQ nursing degree course (Gulf Times)
Some 45 students have joined the University of Calgary in Qatar to pursue a Bachelor of Nursing degree, bringing student enrolment at the institution to 225.

9 babies born a day: Guam ties Utah for highest US birth rate (Guam Pacific Daily News)
Nine babies are born on Guam each day and the island is tied with Utah for the highest birth rate... On a perfect day for the gridiron, the Angels and the Ravens met up at Eagle Field for another day... Nurses can't help but smile around babies they provide care for at Guam Memorial Hospital on Friday.

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