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Thursday, May 31, 2012

(9 stories) Nursing Home Caregivers Picket To Keep Health Benefits

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Nursing Home Caregivers Picket To Keep Health Benefits
Nursing Home Caregivers Picket To Keep Health Benefits (Clarks Hometown News Patriot)
Members of the largest long-term care union in the state, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East , picketed their workplaces Wednesday to protest the potential loss of health benefits.

Timmies' employees making $20/hr? (The London Free Press)
A hospital Tim Hortons in St. John's that was supposed to make hundreds of thousands of dollars to offset the cost of delivering health care is going fully private after years of losing taxpayer money.

Staff 'insulted' at Kit Kat thanks (This is Guernsey)
Staff who helped their hospital win a national award are said to be "insulted" after they were thanked with a free Kit Kat bar worth 60p.

Trainee nurses, midwives on warpath (The Ghanaian Chronicle)
A QUALIFIED TRAINEE nurses and midwives in the country are up in arms with the government, authorities of the Nurses and Midwives Council and the National Service Secretariat over the delay in their redeployment.

NETC graduates 23 from Associate Degree of Nursing program (Cheraw Chronicle)
The Associate Degree in Nursing Class of 2012 graduated from the program May 11.

Boost for Abergavenny ambulance handover times (South Wales Argus)
AMBULANCE handover times at Abergaveny's Nevill Hall Hospital have been boosted by the start of a pilot scheme to provide more nursing care for patients on arrival.

Doctors Medical Center social worker wins national oncology award (Inside Bay Area)
A Doctors Medical Center San Pablo employee has been named Social Worker of the Year by a national oncology social work organization.

AIIMS-II launched in Haryana village (RxPG News)
It is being built at a cost of Rs.1,000 crore. The new institute would house many such facilities which could not be created in the Delhi AIIMS due to lack of space.

Tribute to twins
Tribute to twins (Heraldseries.co.uk)
When It Happens Panel Get involved: send your photos, videos, news & views by texting 'OXFORD NEWS' to 80360 or email Wallingford couple Sharon and Gavin Robinson are hoping to raise thousands of pounds for charity after the loss of their baby twins.

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

(7 stories) Snake-handling preacher dies from rattlesnake bite

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Snake-handling preacher dies from rattlesnake bite
Snake-handling preacher dies from rattlesnake bite (MSNBC)
Pastor Mack Wolford handles a timber rattlesnake during a service at the Church of the Lord Jesus in Jolo, W.Va., on Sept.

Get to know your nurses (Amherst Daily News)
Holly Chapman, a registered nurse and cancer patient navigator with Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre, voted in favour of the new nursing uniforms.

Diamond Jubilee: Hospitals call in extra doctors and nurses to cope with surge in drunken patients (Manchester Evening News)
More front-line staff will be drafted in at Central Manchester and Wythenshawe hospitals to ensure their A&E departments can cope with the demand.

Ind. Veteran Honored 67 Years After Sniper Attack (TheIndyChannel)
More than 65 years after he was injured serving his country in World War II, an Indianapolis man has received long-overdue recognition.

Two Good Samaritan Employees Receive Bernstein Award (Patch)
Two Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center employees were recently presented with the hospital's Bernstein Award.

Auto Industry Lean Techniques Boost Morale and Teamwork in the Operating Room (Infection Control Today)
For a year and a half, the University of Michigan Health System turned one of its head and neck surgery practices into a laboratory.

Sask. nurses approve two-year contract (Canada)
The province's nurses have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a two-year contract.

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

(8 stories) Doctors protest over unpaid wages

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Doctors protest over unpaid wages
Doctors protest over unpaid wages (Iol.co.za)
Eastern Cape doctors protested on Tuesday because the provincial health department has failed to pay their salaries for almost six months, the National Union of Metalworkers said.

Coroner raises concerns after dementia patient's death (Bucksfreepress.co.uk)
A DEMENTIA patient died after a suffering a 3cm cut to his head - prompting a coroner to raise concerns about the procedures on a mental health ward.

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Odd jobs: This clown aims to make you pregnant (SFGate)
Tel Aviv native Nimrod Eisenberg had no intention of following in his parents' footsteps.

The new era of nursing (The Daily of the University of Washin...)
Joshua Buenavista, a first-year nursing student at the UW, is more concerned about being denied classes he is required to take than he is about the job market.

Nursing scholarships to be awarded Thursday (KETK)
The tenth anniversary of the Polly Cargill Nursing Scholarship Program will be celebrated when Jerry Cargill and Jack Cargill award the 2012 Polly Cargill Nursing Scholarships at 3:30 p.m. on May 31 at Good Shepherd Medical Center Marshall.

From NHS to the national Serco service
From NHS to the national Serco service (The Guardian)
A clinic in Truro run by Serco for NHS Cornwall Primary Care Trust: 'The Serco story is a reminder of how quickly privatisation is progressing - though it is not always apparent as the private sector operates as part of the NHS family.' Photograph: Jim Wileman The coalition justified bulldozing through the health and social care bill with the ... (more)

Teen mother of two earns $5,000 scholarship (Great Falls Tribune)
Sarah Hawley holds her two boys Malaki, 1, and Issaic Neiffer, 3, near their Sun Prairie home.

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Monday, May 28, 2012

(7 stories) ETSU's telemedicine program helps rural providers

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ETSU's telemedicine program helps rural providers (Washington Examiner)
Doctors at East Tennessee State University are now able broadcast lectures to rural doctors and nurses in nearby Appalachian counties, and soon doctors, nurses and even patients will be able to communicate back.

Finding love in midst of war
Finding love in midst of war (The Asheville Citizen-Times)
First Lt. Clark Irving receives a medal in Japan for liberating captured nurses near Manilla during World War II.

Memorial Day movie classics: WWII films pay... (Hampton Roads Daily Press)
Several Hollywood war movies of the 1940s like 'So Proudly We Hail' and 'Tender Comrade' give a salute to the women who worked on the war and home fronts.

Togus nursing official battled cancer while still working, gaining master's (Kennebec Journal)
Mary Anderson survived breast cancer while she was earning a master's degree in nursing leadership online from St.

LWC School of Nursing salutes its All American, Sharon Ronoh (Columbia Magazine)
Dr. Ronald P. Rogers CHIROPRACTOR Support for your body's natural healing capabilities 270-384-5554 Click here for details Columbia Utilities GAS LEAK or GAS SMELL Contact Numbers 24 hrs/ 365 days 270-384-2006 or 9-1-1 Call before you dig Congratulations to Sharon Ronoh!! Sharon will be a senior nursing major at Lindsey this fall.

Giving Back: Cancer in the crosshairs; awards, scholarships (Desert Sun)
Chaparral Cares representatives present a $10,550 donation to Desert Cancer Foundation Executive Director Louise Fasana ; Chaparral Cares co-chairmen Rolla Schadrach and Pauline Gunderloy; and Chaparral Cares treasurer Frank Gunderloy.

Olympic fashion show raises thousands for cancer support (Ilkley Gazette)
Young models for The Wendy House and Promises take part in the Macmillan fashion show at Ilkley's Craiglands Hotel Olympic-themed fashion and a gymnastics display helped Ilkley's Macmillan Cancer Support Committee raise thousands of pounds and celebrate a landmark anniversary.

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Sunday, May 27, 2012

(6 stories) Fun run could help fund nurses

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Fun run could help fund nurses
Fun run could help fund nurses (Newsday)
Organisers of a BBC-supported leukaemia appeal fun run say they hope it has gone "a long way" to raising enough money for a specialist nurse.

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Beth Israel Medical Center. St. Luke's-Roosevelt. Long Island College Hospital. New York Eye and Ear.

USM shifting focus to nursing project (Hattiesburg American)
We reported in October that the University of Southern Mississippi had requested $10 million in state bonds from the Legislature for its new $31 million nursing building project.

Charlotte baby one of world's tiniest; 9.6 ounces at birth (WCNC-TV Charlotte)
Niicki Moore's finger seems like a giant next to her daughter Kenna Claire's tiny hands.

David Cameron joins nurses on rounds during surprise visit to Birmingham Children's Hospital (IcStafford)
Young patients at Birmingham Children's Hospital had a surprise - when the Prime Minister tried his hand at medical duties during a visit yesterday.

Celebrating the Journey: National Nursing Home Week (Patch)
I have the amazing opportunity to work with a 78-year-old woman named Mary. She has resided in a local San Diego nursing home where they care for her 24/7 since suffering from a stroke that left her paralyzed and with limited speech.

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Saturday, May 26, 2012

(6 stories) Nurses mark pioneer's birthday

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Nurses mark pioneer's birthday
Nurses mark pioneer's birthday (Bury Free Press)
Dedication of a silver lamp in honour of Florence Nightingale whose birthday was on May 9. West Suffolk Hospital was given a lamp in 1964 Pictured: Rev.

Mental health nurses face 12-hour shifts (Oxford Mail)
The trust, which runs the county's mental health and community hospitals, has now launched a consultation with staff to bring a 'more uniformed shift pattern' in a bid to drive down costs.

Geriatric nursing assessment and intervention in an emergency department: a pilot study (CiteULike)
International Journal of Older People Nursing , Vol. 7, No. 2. , pp. 141-151, doi:10.1111/j.1748-3743.2012.00323.x rosted e., wagner l., hendriksen c. & poulsen i. A Geriatric nursing assessment and intervention in an emergency department: a pilot study.

Jenna von Oy Welcomes Daughter Gray Audrey (Celebrity Babies)
Jenna von Oy and husband Brad Bratcher welcomed daughter Gray Audrey on Monday, May 21 in Nashville, von Oy confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.

Nursing the Years Back to Health (Patch)
In many ways, Vietnam War veteran Michelle Hancox is a study in contrast. An admitted anti-war demonstrator prior to her enlistment in the Navy as a nurse, Hancox said she wanted to support the men and women in the military.

MSU offers bachelor's program to community college nursing students (Michigan Radio)
Nursing students at two community colleges in Michigan will be able to work toward their bachelor's degree under a new agreement with Michigan State University.A MSU says the collaboration with Lansing and Macomb County Community Colleges will let nursing students enroll in two summer sessions at MSU while simultaneously finishing their associate ... (more)

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