Nursing - News July 18, 2012

Parents' cancer death inspires Oswaldtwistle woman to in specialise... (Blackburn Citizen)
A WOMAN who lost both of her parents to cancer is training to become a nurse specialising in end-of-life care.

Foreign Nurses Tour County Hospital (Patch)
A They talked about everything from the upcoming Olympic games to American Idol.A Eleven Taiwanese nurses from HungKuang University got a taste of American culture Tuesday when they visited the Essex County Hospital Center in Cedar Grove.

University of Kansas Hospital Ranked Among Nation's Best (WDAF)
A The University of Kansas Hospital is among the best hospitals in the nation, according to a report in U.S. News & World Report.

Nurse accused of abusing dementia patients at York nursing home (York Press)
A NURSE roughed up dementia patients at a York nursing home, branded them 'disgusting' and threatened to strangle a woman with a scarf, a hearing has been told.

A nursing program shows promise for reducing deaths from chronic illnesses (EurekAlert!)
A community-based nursing program delivered in collaboration with existing health care services is more effective in reducing the number of older people dying from chronic illnesses, such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, than usual care according to a study by US researchers published in this week's PLoS Medicine .

Study finds YouTube nursing clips sexist (BreakingNews.ie)
More than half of videos about nurses on YouTube depict the professionals as either sex objects or stupid, a study conducted in UCD has found.

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