Nursing - News May 3, 2012

Seek Out These 3 Nursing Scholarships Ahead of National Nurses Week (US News & World Report)
Florence Nightingale, the mother of modern nursing, once wrote in a letter that she "never los[t] an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself." Next week is National Nurses Week , leading up to National Nurses Day on Nightingale's birthday ... (more)

University passes 20-year challenge (This is Oxfordshire)
The news comes as the institution prepares to celebrate its 20th anniversary as a university with the unveiling of a new portrait of the man after whom it was named, John Henry Brookes.

MSTC celebrates nursing milestone (WOZZ-FM Appleton)
A nurse checks a patient in the intensive care unit at a hospital in this Reuters file photo.

107 Charged in Medicare Fraud Worth $452 Million (KSFO-AM San Francisco)
Government officials Wednesday confirmed the arrests of more than 100 medical professionals in a nationwide crackdown on Medicare fraud.

GSU School of Nursing Building Renamed (KARD)
Grambling State University has renamed the school of nursing building after a former dean.

Houston couple welcomes newest sextuplets to world (WFAA-TV Dallas)
HOUSTON Lauren and David Perkins are introducing their sextuplets to the world. They released the first pictures Wednesday of the three boys and three girls who were born at Texas Children's Hospital just 10 days ago.

Nurses to Sutter: 'We Won't Back Down' (Patch)
Nurses at the Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame marched outside the hospital Tuesday in protest of Sutter Health-proposed contract concession that nurses said would lead to reduced care for patients and heightened risks for nurses.

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