Nursing - News November 15, 2012

Distance learning courses now offered at UNF School of Nursing (WTLV)
UNF's School of Nursing in the Brooks College of Health will now offer a distance learning option.

mums sell breast milk 10,000 on internet Only The Breast (The Sun Online)
It's estimated cash-strapped mums earn more than A 10,000 a year by selling their excess milk over the internet, though many choose to donate it to the NHS.

Mum of dead baby calls for NHS culture change (Fermanagh Today)
The mother of a baby girl who died after serious failures by hospital staff is to sue the NHS over her daughter's "preventable and predictable" death.

B.C. Nurses' Union, health officer continue fight over mandatory flu-shots (The Winnipeg Free Press)
Another round of fighting has erupted between British Columbia's nurses and its health officer after a U.K.-based, non-profit scientific group publicly questioned the evidence used to justify a mandatory flu-shot policy for provincial health-care workers.

Report: Deaths rose after nursing home evacuations (The Indianapolis Star)
Residents of the Riverbend Nursing Center are evacuated to higher and safer ground as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall Aug.

International Action Needed To Ensure The Quality Of Medicines And Tackle The Fake Drugs Trade (MediLexicon)
Substandard and fake medicines harm and kill patients - urgent action needed to tackle this scandal, say experts.

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