Nursing - News November 25, 2012

Sharon Fisher Announced as Chief Nursing Officer at Tyrone Hospital (GantDaily)
Officials at the Tyrone Hospital have announced that Sharon Fisher, RN, MSN nursing supervisor has been promoted to the position of Chief Nursing Officer .

Editorial: Weed out Medicare overpayments at nursing homes (Florida Today)
It is expensive for taxpayers, accounting for 13.5 percent of federal spending. As Americans live longer and more enroll in the government health coverage, the cost will continue to grow.

David Cameron is accused of a 'sham listening exercise' on NHS reform ... (The Guardian)
A Care UK worker. The firm is a member of the lobby group NHS Partners Network. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian The coalition has been accused of presiding over a sham "listening exercise" on NHS reform last year, as a leaked document reveals how the private health lobby worked with Downing Street behind the scenes to ensure that the new ... (more)

St. John Fisher students go to Africa (WHEC-TV Rochester)
The students are going to Kenya on a medical mission to work in clinics. A college professor started a clinic over there a couple years ago and nursing students have gone down there to give care to people in the rural villages and in hospitals ever since the opening.

Green belt hospice application could top A 3million (Echo-news.co.uk)
Chief executive Andy Smith with Havens nurses Janet Woodward and Shirley Welton at the proposed site off Belton Way West AFTER spending A 1.1million on a failed bid to build a new facility on green belt land, Havens Hospice has set aside another A 2million to continue the fight, the Echo can reveal.

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