Nursing - News September 15, 2012

Texas Health Alliance Debuting 'Smart' Hospital (NBC Dallas)
Texas Health Alliance is using everything from smart televisions to location software and smart phone apps to make patients' experiences in the hospital easier.

ASU expands its Doctor of Nursing Practice program. (Business Journal)
The College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University has added a post-master's Innovation Leadership Concentration to its Doctor of Nursing Practice program.

USNS Mercy Returns Following Humanitarian Mission in SE Asia (Marine News)
Seventy civil service mariners, and approximately 400 Navy, Army and non-governmental organization personnel aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy returned to San Diego Sept.

Private company says it would preserve Van Duyn nursing home's mission (The Post-Standard)
The private company that wants to buy Onondaga County's Van Duyn nursing home says it intends to preserve the 513-bed facility's mission of serving the community's most difficult patients who have no place else to go.

Dementia patient's family: "We needed justice" (NBC2 News)
A veteran dementia patient was found lying in the woods, nearly dead. Five years later, his family says they finally have justice.

Edison opens new nursing lab (North Port Sun)
PHOTO PROVIDED Veronica Parcel, a nursing student at Edison State College Charlotte Campus in Punta Gorda, shows a guest how to check "Junior's" heartbeat during the open house of the nursing lab Thursday night.

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