Nursing - News February 9, 2012

Nurse Practitioners make healthcare personal (KNDO)
YAKIMA, Wash- When most of us need healthcare we go in search of a doctor. But there's a growing medical field in Washington that gives patients a more personal option for their care.

Over $1M in stimulus money spent on migrant worker population (11Alive)
More than a quarter of a million dollars in stimulus money was spent on this mobile medical unit that spends most of the year parked.

Nursing consortium attempts to reduce shortage of rural nurses (KAIT-TV)
NEWPORT, AR - Arkansas State University in Newport is part of the Arkansas Rural Nursing Education Consortium, or ARNEC.

New England Aquarium penguin beguiles nursing home residents;... (Boston)
Roast Beef, an African penguin at the New England Aquarium, made a special visit today to a Haverhill nursing home.

Vic nurses ready to quit in thousands (Yahoo!)
Frustrated nurses are ready to quit en masse as their bitterly fought industrial campaign with the Victorian government drags on.

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