Nursing - News January 18, 2012

University of Nebraska Asks State for $91 Million (KOLN-TV Lincoln)
The University of Nebraska is asking for $91 million from the state's reserve fund to help pay for four projects aimed at improving health care education.

Key Factors Affecting 3 Generations Of Nurses Identified By Retention Study (MediLexicon)
If organisations want to retain qualified nurses they need to tackle the different work factors that are important to the three key age groups and build on the strong attachment that many nurses feel to the profession.

In the area (Las Cruces Sun-News)
WILL Sign Up Social, 5:30 p.m., today, WNMU Global Resource Center, 12th and Kentucky streets.

Nursing Looks Better and Better (WSIL)
A local college is expanding its nursing program, trying to keep up with growing demand.

Nursing Home Data Exchange Puzzle Solved (InformationWeek)
Hospitals and physicians have long had difficulty getting detailed patient information from skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, and other post-acute care providers.

Nursing Shortage Predicted by 2020 (KLKN)
Anna Carlson, a nursing student, said, "If you invest in nurses and teaching resources we need we'll be better prepared, even more than we are now." The Nebraska Center for Nursing predicts within the next decade we'll be short more than 5,000, but not because people aren't interested.

Providence Cancer Center nursing student starts beading circle in Northeast Portland to raise money (The Oregonian)
An oncology nursing student at Providence Cancer Center in Northeast Portland has started a beading circle to raise money for cancer research and patients with cancer.

Griffin-American acquires six nursing facilities (Business Journal)
Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II bought 10 skilled nursing facilities, including six in metro Atlanta, plus one medical office building for $174.3 million.

Kaiser Permanente hospital workers go back to school for MLK Jr. service day (The Campbell Reporter)
Volunteers from Playworks, and nearly 200 doctors, nurses, and staff from the Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara and San Jose Medical Centers had a "day on, not off", transforming Ocala Middle School into a welcoming and safe place for middle schoolers, on Monday, Jan.

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