Nursing - News July 5, 2012

Nursing home residents compete for crown (WIAT-TV Birmingham)
Alabama Nursing Home Pageant. The winner will serve as a spokesperson for nursing home residents and the Alabama Nursing Home Association.

Trinitas School of Nursing graduates 55 at Union County College Cranford campus (The Jersey Journal)
The May 2012 graduates of the Trinitas School of Nursing, were awarded diplomas and their associate degrees at a ceremony held recently at the main campus of Union County College.

Band-Aid or bust? (NewsReview)
As Rush Limbaugh presumably priced moving vans - he'd said he'd leave the country if Obamacare passed muster with the Supreme Court - and President Obama celebrated in Washington, North State politicos likewise were polarized by the court's decision last Thursday to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Nursing Council charges: Health Minister misinformed public on exam fail rate (Trinidad Guardian)
The Nursing Council yesterday denied various claims made by Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan, saying he has misinformed the public about the failure rate in the licensing examination for nurses.

Nursing dream turns sour in the Philippines (BBC News)
If you go into an American hospital, a Japanese elderly care centre, a British hospice or even the clinics at the centre of the recent violence in Libya and Syria, you are likely to find a nurse from the Philippines working there.

Sutter Health nurses hold another one-day strike (KTVU Oakland)
Several thousand Bay Area Sutter Health registered nurses at seven hospitals participated in a one-day strike Tuesday to highlight a contract dispute over nurse benefits that has spanned nearly a full year.

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