Nursing - News October 15, 2012

Special Message: a nurse with a floor sticker asking for better hygiene (Ledbury Reporter)
HOSPITAL bosses are urging people to make an extra effort to wash their hands to stop germs, including deadly superbugs this winter.

BANGKOK: Thailand public health service in critical condition (Asia News Network)
Each year, hundreds of nurses at state hospitals leave their jobs due to hard work conditions and poor welfare.

ERI care scandal sparks calls for older people's champion (Edinburgh Evening News)
HEALTH chiefs are today under pressure to reappoint an older people's champion in the wake of a damning report into elderly care at the ERI.

A midwife from Cullingworth is in the running for a national nursing award. (Keighleynews.co.uk)
Tina Mori and her colleague Caroline Booth have been shortlisted for the emergency and critical care prize at the Nursing Times Awards 2012.

SHARE: Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors in Boston (Patch)
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month . One of the greatest challenges for those who have been newly diagnosed is finding sources of support.

Grant to help with nursing school expenses (KNOE-TV Monroe)
The School of Nursing at the LSU Health Sciences Center has been awarded a $700,000 federal grant over two years to help students pursuing advanced practice primary care nursing degrees meet educational expenses.

Main image for Torquay nurses kitted out thanks to 1000 donation (Western morning News)
HOSPICE at Home nurses from Rowcroft Hospice have picked up their kit bags thanks to a 1,000 donation from Western Power Distribution.

TOKYO: Barriers deter Asian nurses from Japan (Asia News Network)
Indonesians Razes Mezintoro, 29, and Ema Yuliana, 27, passed a tough care workers exam to stay in Japan and work.

Wales News: NHS needs more cash for hospital changes plan, nurses warn (IcNetwork)
The NHS in Wales does not have enough money to implement controversial changes to the way hospital services are delivered, nursing leaders have warned.

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