Nursing - News July 3, 2012

At-home test for HIV approved by feds (KING-TV Seattle)
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first over-the-counter HIV test, allowing Americans to test themselves for the virus that causes AIDS in the privacy of their homes.

ICE Agent Shot Early Tuesday In Texas (KWTX)
ICE spokeswoman Nina Pruneda said the agent with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations was shot Tuesday morning in Hidalgo County while conducting surveillance related to an ongoing criminal investigation.

New DNP nursing scholarships to aid students serving veterans, military (The Beaumont Enterprise)
The School of Nursing at Loyola University New Orleans was recently awarded two $10,000 scholarships designated for Doctor of Nursing Practice students currently working with the U.S. Armed Forces and the Office of Veterans Affairs .

Conn. nursing home workers to strike at 5 homes (CBS 3 Springfield)
About 700 staff members at five nursing homes in Connecticut are planning to walk out on the job, protesting labor concessions imposed by the New Jersey-based company that owns the facilities.

Nurses At Bay Area Sutter Hospitals Staging Strike On Tuesday (CBS Local)
Nurses who work at seven Bay Area hospitals operated by Sutter Health are set to walk off the job Tuesday morning as part of a one-day strike.

Vestal Nursing Home Grant (News Channel 34)
Vestal Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has received a $9 million grant from New York State that will help it build a new facility.

Man pleads not guilty to smuggling fake Marlboros (KHQ-TV Spokane)
Swathed in the red and yellow colors of Spain, hundreds of thousands packed central Madrid to give a hero's welcome home Monday to "La Roja" - the national soccer team that erased the economically struggling... Unionized workers with Consolidated Edison in New York City will be picketing as their leadership plots their next move following failed ... (more)

Ga. Woman with Flesh-Eating Bug Leaves Hospital (KSTP)
Aimee Copeland had her makeup done, joked with her doctors and hugged her nurses before she left a Georgia hospital Monday, just two months after she was infected with a rare life-threatening, flesh-eating disease.

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