Nursing - News October 24, 2012

In Hospitals Known For Good Nursing Care, Patient Deaths After Surgery Decreased (Medical News Today)
Patients treated in magnet hospitals had 14 percent lower odds of death than those in non-magnet hospitals in a four-state study of 564 hospitals led by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.

Hospital chief pledges U-turn on nurses' Christmas party (Bicester Advertiser)
Yesterday the Oxford Mail revealed about 717 staff working at community hospitals across Oxfordshire had been told a donation of up to A 35 each towards a Christmas party would be withdrawn as it did not 'provide sufficient patient benefit'. But last night the new chief executive of the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Stuart Bell, said he would ... (more)

Nurses: Kennedy son assaulted us over baby (WGAL-TV Lancaster)
The suburban New York maternity ward nurses testified Tuesday they were simply trying to protect Douglas Kennedy's infant, whose head was bobbing as his father tried to take him outside the hospital, allegedly without permission.

Victory in the fight for NHS in the Cotswolds (Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard)
PEOPLE power has won a battle to protect the Cotswold's NHS community hospitals and health services from an "attack" by private sector bidders.

Blythe Nursing Care Center wants patients to stay local (Palo Verde Valley Times)
Blythe Nursing Care Center is struggling to make ends meet and wants Blythe residents to know that even if their loved ones are released from an out-of-town hospital for long-term care, they can stay close to home and family.

UPDATE 1-US administration agrees to ease in Medicare benefit rules (Reuters)
The Obama administration has agreed to relax Medicare's requirements for skilled nursing and home health care, allowing beneficiaries to qualify for benefits even if their conditions are not expected to improve, according to court documents.

Family Sues After Beaver Co. Man's Death At Nursing Facility (CBS Local)
Did employees at the Beaver County-owned Friendship Ridge cause the death of 40-year-old Lance Yocum of Ambridge when he was involuntarily admitted for treatment for a severe mental disability? That's what Yocum's estate and family charge in a civil lawsuit now before the U.S. District Court of Western Pennsylvania.

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