Nursing - News July 27, 2012

Baby boomer special: Services of a retirement community delivered to your home, for a fee (Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance)
Jim and Marie Preston are pictured in their Grand Rapids home Tuesday, July 24, 2012.

Standard bedside charts 'needed' (Newsday)
The way vital signs such as blood pressure and temperature are monitored in hospitals needs to be standardised across the NHS, experts say.

New research training programme for nurses (Suria)
With an intake of 100 nurses, the programme will include tutorials as well as an online module that allows nurses to learn at their own time and pace.

Cats rescued from filthy garage (WOIO)
Sixteen cats found living in feces and trash were rescued by the Geauga County Humane Society.

Chart could reduce hospital deaths (This is Guernsey)
A new chart has been developed amid concerns there are more than 100 different types which monitor patients' vital signs Thousands of hospital deaths could be prevented if doctors and nurses used a standardised bed chart, according to the Royal College of Physicians .

U-M Health System Program Reduces Hospital Stays and Readmissions (Health News Digest)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A unique University of Michigan Health System program that helps older patients transition from the hospital to sub-acute care facilities has significantly reduced hospital stays and readmissions, according to new findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.

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