Nursing - News July 24, 2012

'Supply nursing' tackles staffing shortages (Northern Life)
Manpower plays a vital role in the successful operation of any organization. In Greater Sudbury, where long-term care is such a hot topic, Sheri Tomchick has taken some serious steps to addressing the problem.

MRSA Bug Found On One Third Of Nurses' Bags (MediLexicon)
Dr. David Swann from Huddersfield University discovered that 55% of nurses' medical bags that have been used to deliver community care in the UK for the past 150 years are never cleaned and only 6% are cleaned once a week.

New director at Robert T. White School of Nursing was former ACC student (The Review)
After dropping out of school in 1985, while attending West Branch High, Lori Williams believes she is one of the best people to promote the Alliance Career Center's Robert T. White School of Practical Nursing,... Some complete stories are available only to print and paid web subscribers of The Review.

Navy Koi Nursing Uniforms Careers (BlogHer)
The example of Florence Nightingale, who only invested a few decades nursing still garnered a major location in background, displays the significance of navy nursing.

Bement retires from nursing (Dowagiac Daily News)
Bement joined Borgess-Lee Memorial Hospital as an RN in Pediatrics and later became a change nurse in 2N on the 3 to "Julie has been a true professional and valuable member of our team," said Jean Brosnan, supervisor, Medical Surgical-SCU-Oncology at Borgess-Lee Memorial Hospital.

Keller Couple Welcomes Quadruplets (NBC Dallas)
The quadruplets range from 2 pounds and 5 ounces to 3 pounds and 7 ounces. They were born 10 weeks premature but are doing well.

To Solve The Nursing Shortage, Employers And Educators Must Partner (San Diego NewsCape)
By 2020, an estimated 1 million registered nurse jobs in the U.S. health care system will go unfilled but that doesn't have to happen.

Family Of 3-Year Old CF Patient Heads To Washington (WBAL-AM Baltimore)
They are asking lawmakers to reject proposed Medicaid funding cuts that pay for long term care for critically ill children.

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