Nursing - News November 1, 2012

Main image for 3 in 4 nurses say cuts are affecting care (Cornish Guardian)
Rising patient numbers, falling staff levels and deep Government cuts have sent nurses' morale plummeting, according to a new survey.

Updated Policies & Procedures for Infusion Nursing of the Older Adult Available Soon (Rehab Management)
The original version of the publication was developed through a grant from the Nurse Competence in Aging Initiative supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation's Institute for Geriatric Nursing.

It's not just a low-wage recovery (KCRA-TV Sacramento)
It's true that the economy has added a lot of low-paying jobs over the last two years.

It's not just a low-wage recovery (KVIA-TV El Paso)
It's true that the economy has added a lot of low-paying jobs over the last two years.

Hospital porter cut by used needles lifts lid on scandal (South End Standard)
A PORTER slashed three times by used medical equipment has lifted the lid on Basildon Hospital 's crisis with potentially hazardous contaminated waste.

Faith in leader helps nurse weather crisis (Albany Times Union)
Her nursing shift at NYU Langone Medical Center had ended, but Becky Brown stayed at the pediatric unit to help her patients and colleagues after Hurricane Sandy plunged the hospital into darkness.

Social service workers walk off the job in the Capital Region (Esquimalt News)
Social service workers in Greater Victoria were the latest to take part in a provincewide rotating strike in an attempt to gain higher wages and improved working conditions.

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