Nursing - News September 2, 2012

Cape Coral Hospital: Auxiliary elects officers, OKs spending (The News-Press)
The Cape Coral Hospital Auxiliary held its quarterly general membership meeting on Aug.

Fuzzy storytelling kills 'Coma' (Sunherald)
The syringes don't come out right away. As third-year med student Susan Wheeler, Ambrose arrives fresh-faced in scrubs and clogs at Peach Tree Memorial as A&E's "Coma" gets rolling.

Woman Loses Fight For Medical Coverage (10News)
Leslie Elder was always a fighter. But in a message to a friend in the waning days of her life, she seemed exhausted.

Fire during surgery at Onslow Memorial injures patient (Jacksonville Daily News)
A fire that broke out during a surgical procedure at Onslow Memorial Hospital left the patient undergoing surgery with burn wounds, hospital officials said Friday.

Why don't my patients turn up? (Daily Echo)
Sitting in his GP surgery in Shirley , Dr Daniel Tongue can see with a click of a mouse just how costly Do Not Attends are in both NHS time and money.

Boomers retiring to rural areas won't find doctors (Tri-cityherald)
But then that doctor moved away, leaving her to search for another who would take Medicare.

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