Nursing - News August 19, 2012

Wichita's nursing shortage over – for now (The Wichita Eagle)
Ann-Michelle Sherman, WSU nursing faculty, answers a question from nursing student Natalie Silva during a training shift for the students at Wesley Medical Center.

UConn clinics serving state's migrant workers (WDBO-AM Orlando)
Persistent pain in his right shoulder pushed 47-year-old Maurice Savage out of the cinder-block dormitory he shares with other migrant farm workers and into a dusty courtyard, transformed for the hours just before nightfall into an open-air medical clinic.

Layoffs Planned at Englewood Hospital, Union Says (Patch)
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center plans "far reaching" layoffs and the closure of two care units, according to the union representing nurses at the hospital.

You can search online for problems at nursing homes (The York Daily Record)
On April 19, 2011, a psychiatrist recommended discontinuing an antipsychotic medication each night at bedtime for a resident of Rest Haven-York, a nursing and rehabilitation center, according to a government inspection report.

Data show mixed results for care at San Bernardino County, L.A. County nursing homes (Redlands Daily Facts)
At a nursing home in San Dimas, an attendant who had been changing blankets soiled with diarrhea tended to another resident without first washing her hands.

Las Cruces nursing students have little recourse (KFOXTV)
Nursing students at Dona Ana Community College left with questions about their education after the program lost its accreditation won't be getting any help from the state Board of Nursing Nursing students who traveled to a board meeting in Albuquerque on Friday were told the board doesn't require schools to be accredited.

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