Nursing - News November 20, 2012

Suffolk: Outraged employees raise concerns over Serco consultation into community health job cuts (Ipswich Evening Star)
PRESSURE is today mounting on a private firm to publicly consult on proposals - branded a "risk to patients" by sources - to axe 137 community healthcare posts.

CMS releases 2013 skilled nursing co-insurance amounts (McKnightsonline)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released the 2013 daily co-insurance amounts for skilled nursing care services, along ... The e-mail address that you supply to use this service will only be used to send the requested article.

Fresh Efforts to Improve Teens' Concussion Care (Wall Street Journal)
At ice hockey camp two summers ago, goalie Beth Potter slammed her head into the ice when she dived to block a shot, sustaining a concussion with aftereffects that trouble her to this day.

Nursing Home Complaints: Violet's Story (WHO-TV)
"She worked for Homestead Senior Care taking care of patients in their home so they wouldn't have to be put in a facility," says her daughter, Sharon Althaus.

See a nurse at your next dental appointment (WKYC-TV)
Patients in dental chairs at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine will see something new -- a nurse.

Nurses to strike at 10 Bay Area hospitals Tuesday (Inside Bay Area)
Up to 5,000 nurses will go on strike at 10 Bay Area hospitals on Tuesday in an ongoing dispute over wages, benefits and service cutbacks.

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