Nursing - News September 18, 2012

Loyola University New Orleans' School of Nursing Announces Online Graduate Scholarship Winners (The Beaumont Enterprise)
Loyola University New Orleans' School of Nursing Announces Online Graduate Scholarship Winners The awarded scholarships are the second installment in a series celebrating Loyola's centennial and its 33-year history of providing world-class higher education to America's nurses in a healthcare marketplace struggling with increasing patient demand ... (more)

Local Hospital Earns Bragging Rights For Treating Heart Attack Patients (CBS Local)
A survey from the federal government shows that Doylestown Hospital in Bucks County is doing an outstanding job of keeping heart attack patients alive.

Hospitals 'Unaccountable,' says surgeon in new book (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter)
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Former nursing home employees fight for final paychecks (WBAL-TV Baltimore)
Numerous deficiencies, state fines and bankruptcy forced a Maryland nursing home to close and some workers tell WBAL-TV 11 News they had to fight to get their final paychecks.

Filipino Nurses Lawsuit: Tagalog Speakers Win Discrimination Suit, $1 Million Award (The Huffington Post)
Dozens of Filipino hospital workers in California will share a nearly $1 million settlement in a lawsuit claiming they were targeted by a rule requiring English only at work, federal officials said Monday.

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