Nursing - News June 27, 2012

All warnings lifted at James Paget Hospital in Gorleston (Evening News)
Health watchdog the Care Quality Commission had handed the hospital three warnings in the last year - on dignity and nutrition, service provision and patient care and welfare.

Warren's Alexis Dietz Reinvigorated for Medical Profession After Internship (Patch)
Submitted by Corrine Peterson Before last week'sA third summer internship at Overlook Medical Center in Summit,A Warren resident Alexis Dietz thought she wanted to pursue a medical profession-now she says she knows she does.A The program ended June 22 for 17 medical students selected out of close to 150 applicants that included Dietz.A Monday ... (more)

Nurses' 'brilliant' care is not forgotten (Warwick Courier)
Harj Arak, mother to Ryan and his older brother Manpreet Sahota , donated a generous amount of money to MacGregor Ward at Warwick Hospital on Wednesday.

UT College of Nursing fighting nurse shortage (WAFF-TV Huntsville)
The College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee has received a $50,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program.

Nursing center set to expand at new site (The Frederick News-Post)
The field in the bottom half of the photo is the proposed site of a new long-term care facility by Genesis HealthCare on Ballenger Center Drive.

Children's Hospital Shoe Shine Man Tells Story In New Book (CBS Local)
They lined up in the lobby of Children's Hospital - doctors, nurses and volunteers - for the autograph of a shoe shine man from Monessen.

NHS trust on the brink of going bust blew 1m on fat cat's money saving tips (Daily Mail)
The NHS hospital trust on the brink of going bust lavished more than 1million on a 'fat cat' consultant offering money-saving tips.

Contra Costa County approves pay hike for its nurses (Inside Bay Area)
Nurses at Contra Costa County's hospital and clinics will receive pay raises of 3 percent, the only labor group in the county to see wage hikes rather than cuts.

New Education Requirements For Nurses (CBS Local)
It used to be that nurses could be on the job after just two years of education.

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