Nursing - News February 23, 2012

Florida Expected to Have 15,000 Nursing Vacancies (CBS Local)
A new survey shows Florida is expected to have 15,000 vacancies for registered nurses during 2012.

Teams to help patients die at home (Iol.co.za)
The Netherlands has legalised euthanasia, but many doctors are reluctant to carry it out, which is why a Dutch association will next month launch six mobile units of doctors and nurses to help terminally ill patients end their own lives at home.

Union College nursing students on a mission (KLKN)
They are tasks here in American only our doctor would perform, but soon ten Union College students will so some of the poorest Latin American villages can still get help.

Salisbury Nursing Home Battles Virus Outbreak (WMDT)
SALISBURY, Md. - A recent outbreak of severe nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting among patients and staff at one local nursing home prompted quick action to get the virus under control.

Ohio health system invites employee inventions (Sandusky Register)
The inventions range from a high-tech 3-D joint scanner to a low-tech yet highly sanitary toilet-seat lifter, and the inventors range from a top-flight surgeon to a part-time shuttle-bus driver.

Apps: Don't visit your GP, use your mobile phone for a check-up instead... (Daily Mail)
Patients will be told to use mobile phones 'apps' to monitor their health at home rather than seeing a doctor or nurse.

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