Nursing - News October 8, 2012

Study Shows Nurses are Accurate Barometers of Hospital Quality (Infection Control Today)
A new study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing affirms a straightforward premise: Nurses are accurate barometers of hospital quality.

Nurse at Northampton General Hospital accused of writing Christmas cards instead of working (Northampton Today)
A tribunal is to hear that an accident and emergency nurse at Northampton General Hospital wrote Christmas cards instead of performing proper duties.

About 8,000 Graduates From Private Nursing Colleges Jobless - Subramaniam (Malaysian National News Agency)
About 8,000 graduates from private nursing institutions are jobless said Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam.

A reunion of the tiniest babies and the UCLA nurses who cared for them (LA Daily News)
Erina Vlashi and her son Dylan Thana, 2, who was born and cared for in the neonatal intensive care unit at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, attend the reunion of NICU "graduates" at UCLA on Sunday, Oct.

Rhode Island health-care workers and ACLU object to forced vaccine mandate (Examiner)
Last Friday, Rhode Island became the first U.S. state to mandate seasonal flu shots for doctors, nurses and others -- employees, temporary workers and volunteers -- working for hospitals, nursing homes, home-care agencies and other health-care organizations.

New nursing homes to create over 1,700 jobs (The Straits Times)
The Government is ramping up recruitment for the 350 nurses and 1,400 support staff it needs for 10 new nursing homes.

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