Nursing - News April 20, 2012

SF nursing asst. says he was fired for being gay (Alamogordo Daily News)
A former nursing assistant at a Santa Fe hospital says he was fired because he is gay and is suing the hospital.

UW-Madison ends La Crosse nursing program (Washington Examiner)
The UW School of Nursing dean says the university is consolidating its nursing school on the Madison campus.

Why Pediatric Nursing Is often a satisfying Job (TheBlogThatRuthBuilt)
If you have dreamed of being a nurse, you most likely know already that there are variations of nurse professionals as well as the pediatric nurse salary .

BMH nurses help parents keep babies safe (The Brattleboro Reformer)
The nurses in Brattleboro Memorial Hospital's Birthing Center have been recognized by the state for having the highest completion rate of parents who went through an educational program on the dangers of shaking infants.

Ga. Health Sciences U gets $8M grant for new lab (WTVC)
Georgia Health Sciences University has received an $8 million grant to help build a lab with simulation hospital rooms to train aspiring doctors, nurses and health care workers.

Body Cooling Cuts In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patient Deaths Nearly 12 Percent (Newswise)
Newswise - ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Forced body cooling known as therapeutic hypothermia has reduced in-hospital deaths among sudden cardiac arrest patients nearly 12 percent between 2001 and 2009, according to a Mayo Clinic study being presented at the upcoming American Academy of Neurology 2012 Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

Nursing Field Sees Some Shortages in Alaska (Home)
In the past decade, more than 11,000 health care jobs have been created in Alaska.

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