Nursing - News August 22, 2012

Nunavut's nursing program plans Inuktitut course, higher entrance standards (Nunatsiaq News)
Nursing student Rebecca Fada , and nurse Tiffany Withers check blood pressure during a clinic last year during Nursing Week.

USC names Jeanette Andrews College of Nursing dean (Myrtle Beach Online)
The University of South Carolina's College of Nursing is getting a 27-year nursing veteran and researcher in anti-smoking efforts as its new dean.

City Colleges students to get discounted online nursing classes (Chicago Sun-Times)
The University of Illinois at Chicago will reserve 50 openings a year in its online nursing program for City Colleges students and graduates to attend at half the cost of normal tuition, thanks to a mayoral program unveiled Tuesday.

Private care companies flourish (Lake Cowichan Gazette)
Peter Coulter came out of retirement a couple years ago to start the north Island Nurse Next Door franchise for example.

$300,000 grant for nurse ed in Mass. (WTHI-TV Terre Haute)
Massachusetts nurses could soon benefit from a $300,000 national grant awarded to the state to help support higher academic achievement in the profession.

12,000 NHS jobs 'not been filled' (IcWolverhampton)
More than 12,000 NHS job posts have not been filled after people have retired, quit or moved on to other organisations, figures suggest.

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