Nursing - News September 27, 2012

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.

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