Nursing - News September 13, 2012

Nurses aiming high for Lottie (Swindon Advertiser)
Buy this photo fundraising From left, Ali Tighe, Carolyn Milsom, Fran Rozycki, Sheena Barwell, Jackie Marshall, Vicki Buzza, and front, Charlotte Palfreeman and Rachel Palfreeman Pictures: Dave Cox A TEAM of nurses are swapping the Great Western Hospital for the dizzy heights of Snowdon at the weekend to raise funds for Lottie Palfree-man.

Federal cuts to cost Maine hospitals money, jobs (SeacoastOnline)
The Maine Hospital Association said Wednesday that Medicare cuts called for under the federal deficit reduction plan will cost Maine $21 million and nearly 3,000 jobs in 2013.

CSUSM: Free information session for nursing program planned (Southwest Riverside News Network)
Cal State University San Marcos nursing students Jazmyne Dickens, Fayth Vuong and Shannon Coffey.

Estelline Sisters Make Nursing A Family Affair (KDLT-TV Sioux Falls)
We've probably all heard the term taking care of the family business. But this group of siblings you're about to meet takes that to a whole new meaning.

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Staff Nurses (Western morning News)
Rowcroft Hospice at Home service cares for patients, and their families, helping them to achieve their preference to be cared for at home in the final days of life.

Twinsburg: New program helps nursing students (WKYC-TV Cleveland)
"Nursing has always been in demand, and I can certainly say that it probably always will be," says Ann Kavanaugh, Kent State University's ADN program director.

Gwent shortage leads to A 240k spend on nurses (South Wales Argus)
HEALTH bosses are spending A 240,000 this year recruiting nurses to Gwent neonatal units, amid ongoing concerns of what a new report calls "a significant shortfall" across Wales.

Whooping cough vaccine loses punch too fast (The Republic)
As the U.S. wrestles with its biggest whooping cough outbreak in decades, researchers appear to have zeroed in on the main cause: The safer vaccine that was introduced in the 1990s loses effectiveness much faster than previously thought.

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