Nursing - News August 21, 2012

Call Poison Control First (WOWT-TV Omaha)
This is the busiest time of year for calls into the Nebraska Regional Poison Center.

State inspects Sanford nursing home where maggots found (Kennebec Journal)
Officials with a Sanford nursing home where maggots were found on an elderly patient say a state inspection has found no problems.

La Leche League Canada rejects breastfeeding dad's bid to become lactation coach (The Guelph Mercury)
BREASTFEEDING DAD Trevor MacDonald, a 27-year-old stay-at-home parent from Winnipeg, loves fatherhood and, as a transgender man, identifies as a dad.

Mount Vernon Hospital nurses say facility is in crisis (The Journal News)
Nurses who have been working at Mount Vernon Hospital without a contract for the past two years gathered in front of the hospital's entrance this morning to demand a new contract and decry management practices that they said have left the facility in crisis.

Alberta allows nurses to temporarily work in different locations, areas (Weyburn Review)
A new pilot project is trying to increase the number of nurses in northern Alberta by offering temporary assignments in various specialties.

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