(7 stories) Death with Dignity: Why I Don't Want to Have to Starve Myself to Death

Nursing - News September 30, 2012 See Nursing Weather Death with Dignity: Why I Don't Want to Have to Starve Myself to Death (PsychCentral) Dr. Ron Pies writes an eloquent defense of why physician-assisted suicide should not be made a legal right in Massachusetts. Kenyan nurses suspend strike (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation) Kenyan National Union of Nurses has suspended its strike that was planned for Monday to pave way for talks with the government . Government takes aim at two more pharmacies over phoney-claim allegations (Weyburn Review) The federal government has set its sights on a pair of pharmacies in Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan over allegations they submitted phoney claims to the aboriginal health-benefits plan, The Canadian Press has learned. Heroic nurses who saved train driver found (Lancashire Evening Post) It was a dramatic ending to a girlie weekend away when five nurses suddenly found themselves plunged into duty when a train driver suddenly collapsed of a heart attack. Ed Miliband comes under scrutiny (Newsday) The Independent on Sunday says: "It may just be time to accept that he could be Britain's next prime minister." The Sunday Telegraph feels "scepticism about Labour's strength" because Mr Miliband "has yet to make clear exactly what he stands for". The People reports that hospitals are re-hiring nurses axed in recent cuts that "have put their ... (more) Nursing Clinical Specialt... Mount Sinai Medical Cente... (Nurse) The Clinical Coordinator is a Registered Professional Nurse with broad knowledge and skills who participates in the coordination of clinical programs and services for designated patient populations. UT College of Nursing gets million-dollar grants to help local schools (Knoxville News Sentinel) Underserved children in Knox County will have the chance to receive personalized medical care while at school thanks to two grants totalling $2.5 million awarded to the University of Tennessee College of Nursing. More Nursing News...

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(7 stories) 9 ENC nurses selected for prestigious award

Nursing - News September 29, 2012 See Nursing Weather 9 ENC nurses selected for prestigious award (WCTI) The Great 100 Nurses, which promotes nursing excellence in our state, has recognized nine Vidant Health nurses in its list of the 2012 Great 100 Nurses. Sis Harriott takes leave ... after 37 years in the nursing profession (The Gleaner) Last week Thursday, she spent her last day on the job at the Percy Junor Hospital as she was going off on pre-retirement leave, which her co-workers and friends say she justly deserves. Nursing programs growing in La. (WHIO) Kimberly Sharp, dean of the Division of Nursing at Louisiana College's School of Nursing and Allied Health, tells The Town Talk that professionals are desperately needed in the field. Western Morning News published Labour rejects regional pay plan (Cornish Guardian) Labour leader Ed Miliband has rejected proposals for local public sector pay rates ahead of his party's conference that will map out how to "rebuild Britain". The leader of the Opposition said that any moves towards smashing uniform national pay rates for teachers, nurses and other state workers, which is being pioneered by the NHS in the South ... (more) University of Hawaii at Manoa's School of Nursing gets federal grant (Business Journal) The University of Hawaii at Manoa's School of Nursing will receive a $648,000 federal grant that will provide scholarships for 15 nurse practitioner graduate students who will commit to working in the state's rural communities. Refugee students receive "bag of love" from nurses at Golisano Children's Hospital (WHEC-TV Rochester) Today refugee students at the Rochester International Academy received hygiene bags. CMS announces participants of initiative to reduce hospitalizations of nursing home residents (McKnightsonline) A new federal program aimed at the reduction of hospitalization among nursing home residents, especially dual eligibles, announced seven health system participants Thursday. More Nursing News...

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(5 stories) Rural nursing staffing crisis worsens

Nursing - News September 28, 2012 See Nursing Weather Rural nursing staffing crisis worsens (AdelaideNow...) Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation SA secretary Elizabeth Dabars in front of emergency department at Royal Adelaide Hospital. Valentine returns to Conquest to thank staff for saving her life 18 years ago (Hastings Today) THE first ever baby to be born at the Conquest Hospital returned to thank staff for saving her and her mother's life. Patrick Henry Community College gets nursing scholarship in mother's memory (WSLS-TV Roanoke) Family members of the late Sandra Moore Estes have created a scholarship to honor the single mother who worked two jobs while putting herself through nursing school at Patrick Henry Community College. Operating Room nurses sharpen their tools... (The Guardian) Halifax operating room nurses Cindy Fulmore, far left, and Ethel Landry, far right, watch Thursday as Hovermatt representative Andra Forest demonstrates the equipment with the help of a well-dressed "patient''. The Hovermatt, described as a high tech... Queen Elizabeth Hospital , Operating Room Nurses Association of P.E.I. , Delta Prince Edward ... (more) Englewood Hospital lays off nurses, union files grievance (The Jersey Journal) The lobby of Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in January 2008. Layoffs took effect at the hospital, Sept. More Nursing News...

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(6 stories) School Nurses Continue Fight for Equal Pay

Nursing - News September 27, 2012 See Nursing Weather School Nurses Continue Fight for Equal Pay (Patch) An ongoing dispute between the Wilmington School Committee and the district's registered nurses remains, with no immediate end yet in sight. Nursing union call on Dorset County Hospital to look for other options (Dorsetecho.co.uk) A NURSING union is calling on Dorset County Hospital and other NHS trusts that have signed up to a controversial pay consortium to look at other options. Basingstoke hospital staff honoured with WOW! Awards (Andover Advertiser) Buy this photo The Basingstoke WOW! Award winners with Mayor of Basingstoke and Deane Cllr Martin Biermann and Mayoress Chansopha Biermann A total of 201 people working with Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were nominated for a WOW! Award between April and July 2012 by their colleagues and patients. DOJ Looks To Quickly Address Children In Nursing Homes (CBS Local) Saying that time is "of the essence," the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday offered to quickly meet with Florida officials about a federal investigation that found disabled children were unnecessarily being placed in nursing homes. B.C. government reaches agreement with nurses (Canada) British Columbia's nurses have reached a tentative agreement with the provincial government that includes a small wage increase, a smooth spot in an otherwise rocky set of public sector negotiations that have already seen several one-day strikes and other job action. Insane Clown Posse sues FBI over Juggalos report (WKRN) A 6-year-old Massachusetts girl whose love for Justin Bieber encouraged physicians and nurses at a Boston hospital to organize a pretend wedding to the pop star as she battled a rare brain cancer has died. More Nursing News...

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(5 stories) UMass Hospital System Announces Job Cuts

Nursing - News September 26, 2012 See Nursing Weather UMass Hospital System Announces Job Cuts (CBS Local) The UMass Memorial Health Care hospital system plans to eliminate 140 full-time positions as it seeks to find $80 million in cuts and new revenue for the fiscal year that starts in October. Millcreek supervisors OK nursing home plan (Erie Times News) Millcreek Township supervisors have approved a land-use plan for a new and larger Millcreek Manor skilled nursing facility on upper Peach Street. LPN / Licensed Practical ... White Glove - NY & NJ (Nurse) Access All of New York's RN & LPN positions, salaries & best benefits ... With White Glove, it's Your Choice. Nurse Annie retires after more than 40 years (Gazette-news.co.uk) BACK in 1971, Education Secretary Margaret Thatcher ended free school milk for children over seven, Chay Blyth became the first person to sail around the world east to west and Annie Cockerton began a nursing career which was to span more than 40 years. Patients half as likely to contract hospital infections at Epsom, St Helier and Sutton hospitals (Sutton Guardian) Patients are half as likely to contract hospital infections at Epsom, St Helier and Sutton hospitals as patients at the average hospital Patients at Epsom, St Helier and Sutton hospitals are half as likely to contract a hospital infection as patients at the average hospital, according to a new report. More Nursing News...

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(7 stories) Education, Psychological Support Key for Defibrillator Patients

Nursing - News September 25, 2012 See Nursing Weather Education, Psychological Support Key for Defibrillator Patients (Science Daily) Each month, 10,000 people, including children, have a defibrillator implanted to restore normal heart rhythm and prevent sudden cardiac death. LA Tech Nursing Receives New Simulation Lab (KARD) A new simulation lab at Louisiana Tech is allowing nursing students to sharpen their skills inside the classroom. Morning after pill available at N.Y. high schools (24 Hours) Hundreds of New York City high schools students have received morning-after pills since the launch of a program that provides emergency contraception through public school nurses, the city's health department said on Monday. Dog quickly takes in, nurses stray kitten in Minn. (Ralston Recorder) Omaha Public Schools administrators will be expected to spend a lot more time in the classroom this school year, coaching teachers, as part of the district's plan to raise student achievement. Call to scrap regional pay plans (This is Guernsey) Most people want the Government to scrap controversial plans for regional pay, believing the move would be unfair on public sector workers, according to new research. Report: Ohio nurse didn't realize she took kidney (KTHV-TV Little Rock) A nurse who accidentally disposed of a living donor's kidney during a transplant said she didn't realize it was in chilled, protective slush that she removed from an operating room, took down a hall to a dirty utility room and "flushed down a hopper," according to a report released by health officials on Monday. Severe illness doesn't stop ECC nursing student from graduating with honors (Daily Herald) Nicole McDaniel worked full-time at the Elgin Mental Health Center, went to school full-time in ECC's nursing program and fought hyperthyroidism while raising her three teenage sons. More Nursing News...

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(5 stories) We've all read about bad nurses - let's hear it for the good ones | Christie Watson

Nursing - News September 24, 2012 See Nursing Weather We've all read about bad nurses - let's hear it for the good ones | Christie Watson (The Guardian) Lead cancer nurse Paula Middlebrook talks to a patient on the ward at Harrogate district hospital in North Yorkshire. Michelle Chester and Alison Harrison, chemotherapy nurses and Fay Lanham, lead oncology nurse (Redditch Advertiser) THE Garden Suite at Redditch's Alexandra Hospital has recently been through a major refurbishment in order to further improve the experience of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment, and their relatives. Video cameras used in MCC nursing simulations (Waco Tribune-Herald) While that generally means monitoring a patient's medical condition, administering medicines and performing diagnostic tests, nurses often are expected to be the calming and sensitive voice helping people through difficult health situations. Doctors, Nurses Reunite With Past Deliveries (WOWT-TV Omaha) They were some of the smallest patients health care professionals will ever deal with. Child epilepsy care 'varies in UK' (IcNetwork) The standard of care patients receive is "variable", according to the first national audit of epilepsy services for young people. More Nursing News...

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