Nursing - News June 20, 2012

Cases of families defaulting on nursing home payments on the rise (Suria)
SINGAPORE: Some eldercare facilities in Singapore are seeing more cases of families defaulting on their payment and also facing the challenge of trying to contact family members.

Tips for working mothers who want to keep breastfeeding; connecting moms and nursing bras (OregonLive)
For some moms, one key breastfeeding supply can be hard to come by: a properly fitting nursing bra.

Ex-Birmingham Children's Hospital nurse guilty of racist remark (IcStafford)
A FORMER Birmingham Children's Hospital nurse has been found guilty of misconduct over a racist remark she made to a colleague.

Recruiting blitz for new Calgary hospital takes superboard across Canada and to U.S. and Europe (Toronto News.Net)
The provincial health superboard has hired hundreds of nurses, therapists and clinical staff in Calgary as part of an aggressive $50-million recruitment blitz that's taken the medical authority across the country and abroad to staff the city's new hospital.Alberta Health Services has brought on 860 new staff members and is on track to hire the ... (more)

Nursing Students Make Career Connections at Stanbridge College Career Fair (PR-inside)
Stanbridge College, a technical college that offers training in Healthcare and Information Technology, hosted over 40 representatives from Southern California healthcare employers at the Vocational Nursing Career Fair on June 6th.

Burlingame nursing center to remain open (Inside Bay Area)
Burlingame Long Term Care facility patient Anna Tupou reacts after hearing the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors vote to not renew the lease of the facility during a packed meeting at the Westin Hotel in Millbrae, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb.

CA Nurses Kick Off 'Health Care Justice' (NBC San Diego)
A security guard told NBC 7 he was hired to guard the outside of the bank to make sure nothing happened.

Nursing 'angel' a kind face in times of need (Townsville Bulletin)
AT one of the toughest times in their lives, cancer patients are grateful to have had Anita Fowler by their side.

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