Nursing - News April 24, 2012

Chorley Hospital nurses awarded for breast cancer careUpdated 2:50pm... (Chorley Citizen)
The NHS Improvement award was for the implementation of a 23-hour breast service which has reduced the length of hospital stays for breast cancer patients from five days to one day after surgery, and has also improved pre- and post-surgey support for patients.

Have Patience With The Alexian Village Construction (Chattanoogan)
My name is Clint Blumer and I have been a resident of Alexian Village located on Signal Mountain Tennessee for the past 10 years.

Cheboygan nurses: McLaren reopens closed hospital (WHIO)
A union for nurses at the recently closed Cheboygan Memorial Hospital says McLaren Health Care Corp.

Heart Attack Grill strikes again? Owner calls diners 'risk takers' (Bangor Daily News)
The Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas would appear to have lived up to its reputation for the second time in as many months: On Saturday, a woman collapsed at the restaurant known for gleefully serving up artery-clogging entrees.

VLBW Infants Born at Hospitals Known for Nursing Excellence Have Better Outcomes on Some Measures (Newswise)
Newswise - CHICAGO - In a study that included more than 72,000 very low-birth-weight infants, among those born in hospitals with recognition for nursing excellence , compared with non-RNE hospitals, there was a significantly lower rate of hospital infection, death at 7-days and severe intraventricular hemorrhage but not lower rates of death at ... (more)

30 pregnant girls write BECE a in addition to 7 nursing mothers in Obuasi (The Ghanaian Chronicle)
By: Albert Nana Asante, Obuasi 30 pregnancy cases have so far been recorded in the Adansi South District and Obuasi Municipality in the on-going Basic Education Certificate Examination , which took off last Monday.

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