Nursing - News May 8, 2012

Nurses, hospitals reach labor accord (North Port Sun)
After more than a year of negotiations, registered nurses at Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte celebrated bolstered protection over patients' and nurses' rights with a labor agreement reached between the nurses union and the Hospital Corp.

Reid Hospital gives out Nursing Excellence Awards (Palladium-Item)
Lamar Lundy and the Fearsome Foursome gained fame in the NFL in the 1960s as one of the league's... Ten nurses recognized by Reid Hospital for nursing excellence include, front row, from left, Anna Osborn-Brown, Mary E. Smith, Macy Bennett and Misti Foust.

Nursing Home Workers Rally (RiverBender)
Some 500 nurses, nursing home administrators and health care leaders rallied in Chicago Monday against proposed Medicaid cuts.

Time to end the scandal of our 9 to 5 NHS: A top A&E doctor says it's ... (Daily Mail)
One Sunday evening I was busy looking after patients in intensive care when an emergency call came in from one of the surgical wards.

Paramount to build nursing home on Bienville Drive (Monroe News Star)
Paramount Healthcare partner Paul Coburn said the company plans to build an $11 million nursing home in the Monroe Tower Drive corridor on an almost simultaneous timeline with its Georgia Tucker assisted living facility project in the Garden District.

Your doctor (if you have one ...) might be grumpy - here's why (SooToday)
Earlier today, the provincial government announced that it's "moving toward a real wage freeze for doctors in order to invest more precious health care dollars in community care for families and home care for its many seniors." The announcement goes on to say: "Patients will get better, frontline patient care including more community care nurses, ... (more)

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