Nursing - News January 7, 2012

Some Medi-Cal cuts averted; move helps patients treated at Visalia skilled-nursing facility (Visalia Times-Delta)
Alyssa Cruz doesn't need to score goals to prove that she is one of the better soccer players in... David De Jesus of Porterville, right, gives his menu choices Friday to Martha Renteria, a food services employee at Kaweah Delta's skilled-nursing facility.

Chicago's Jackson Park Hospital nurses join union (WAND-TV Decatur)
The nation's largest nurses union has gained a bigger footprint in the Chicago area with a vote by nurses at Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center to join National Nurses United.

Moldovan man makes long health care journey (WSTC-AM Norwalk)
It's a 400-mile commute Sergei Ivantchev makes twice a week to and from the Greenfield duplex that he and his wife have shared with their two daughters as well as his parents since 1998.

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ASU Names Teri Britt Pipe Dean of Nursing and Health Innovation (Health News Digest)
6, 2012 -- Arizona State University has named Teri Britt Pipe dean of its College of Nursing and Health Innovation [http://nursingandhealth.asu.edu ]. Pipe, who has been interim dean since June and an adjunct faculty member at ASU since 2002, has also served as director of nursing research and innovation at Mayo Clinic and associate professor of ... (more)

Vallejo baby needs liver transplant to survive (Contra Costa Times)
Vallejo resident Lauren Wilson's daughter is fighting to survive, and has been for most of her five months of life.

Health to pay nurses' wage hike (CBC News)
The Nova Scotia Department of Health has agreed to pick up the tab for an arbitration settlement that Halifax nurses won last November.

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