Nursing - News September 22, 2012

Brown signs bill allowing nurses to prescribe pill (The Daily Breeze)
During a visit to a Los Angeles Planned Parenthood clinic, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that allows nurses to dispense birth control, making it easier for women to get contraceptives.

Health campaigners' and public's anger over proposed 'downgrading' of hospitals (Rye and Battle Observer)
AROUND 35,000 patients and their families will have to travel almost 20 miles along the congested A259 to receive emergency treatment if NHS bosses' proposals to change three key services at the Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne's DGH get the go-ahead, it has been claimed.

Make sure nursing homes solve issues with backup power: Editorial (The Times-Picayune)
Metro area officials and local nursing facilities learned lessons from Hurricane Katrina, when about 300 deaths took place in hospitals and nursing homes, and most facilities are better prepared to safeguard the elderly and others with critical needs.

Medicare Audit Challenges to Paying Nursing and Allied Health Program Pass-Through Costs (JD Supra)
The Medicare program shares in the costs for approved nursing and allied health education programs operated by hospitals, a matter which has become a recent focus in Medicare audits of hospitals operating such programs.

Nurses' body holds meeting (The Indian Express)
The Trained Nurses' Association of India , Punjab, organised the 24th Punjab state conference at Dumra Auditorium, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital here on Friday.

Senior advocates seek to postpone shift to state's new care program (Contra Costa Times)
Arguing that confusion and problems abound, advocates are seeking to postpone state plans to transition thousands of frail seniors into a new day program.

1199 SEIU nursing home workers reach new contract (The Jersey Journal)
Nursing home caregivers picket outside the Manhattan View nursing facility in Union City, Thursday, November 6, 2008.

Nursing and social work students learning to work together at UT Arlington (CisionWire)
The University of Texas at Arlington's College of Nursing and School of Social Work will use nearly $900,000 during the next three years to fund research to improve connections between nurses and social workers before they meet in the health care workplace.

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