Nursing - News August 1, 2012

Nursing_assistants_honored0_1343832458.jpg (Bladen Journal)
Two Bladen County Hospital nursing assistants were recently honored by Cape Fear Valley Health System during Partners in Caring week.

Nursing home files plans to raze homes for parking lot (Westport News)
A view of 14 Lincoln St., a property that the owner of the Westport Health Center is proposing be redeveloped for parking use by the skilled-nursing complex.

Call for more private-run hospitals (This is Guernsey)
The chief executive of the first private company to take charge of an NHS district general hospital has said he would like to see the model extended across the health service in England.

Caregiver in need of transplant support (Rome News)
A fundraiser is being held for Harriet Powell at the Rome Area History Museum to help offset the costs of medication associated with a needed kidney transplant.

UNR nursing students hold... (Daily Sparks Tribune)
A group of students from the University of Nevada, Reno Orvis School of Nursing will hold a health fair to distribute information on health care issues and provide basic medical screenings from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday at the Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission located at 355 Record St.

New York City to mothers: You should breast-feed (Boston)
Starting in September, dozens of city hospitals will ask mothers of newborns to listen to talks about why their breast milk is better than the sample formulas many hospitals offer for free.

Incoming head of Canadian Medical Association sees a 'deeply demoralized' medical profession (Regina Leader Post)
Dr. Anna Reid, an emergency physician at Stanton Territorial Health Authority Hospital in Yellowknife, is the incoming president of the Canadian Medical Association.

Suffolk agrees to sell Foley nursing home for $23M (Long Island Business News)
After being talked about for more than four years, it seems the fate of the John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility has been sealed.

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