Nursing - News November 12, 2012

Medical Team Headed To New York To Help Areas Affected By Sandy (CBS Local)
Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, paramedics and mental health experts from Florida are heading to New York to work in areas affected by Hurricane Sandy.

UW Health Requires Employees To Get Flu Shots (WMTV Madison)
UW Health is trying to reduce the number of influenza cases caught in hospitals by requiring employees to get flu shots.

Central Health defends rural nursing changes (CBC News)
The health authority in central Newfoundland is sticking by its plan to reduce the number of registered nurses in some rural areas, even though it may mean some nurses will have to move to keep their jobs.

Opening doors: Helping nurses complete degrees (Sunherald)
Hollianna Munna is enrolled at William Carey University getting her bachelor's degree in nursing, while also working 40 to 45 hours each week as a nurse at Hattiesburg Clinic.

Editorial: Sale of Foley nursing home is worth saving (Newsday)
Now that Suffolk legislators have passed, with few changes, the budget that County Executive Steve Bellone sent them, it's time for him to worry about the potential budget-buster it contains: the future of the John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility.

Nursing department at El Camino College gets $2.6 million grant (The Daily Breeze)
The nursing department at El Camino College near Torrance has received a $2.6 million grant to provide scholarships for students in financial need.

Nurses in short supply for veterans (LA Daily News)
U.S. Army Reserve veteran and nurse practitioner Roman Samiley has received a scholarship to earn a PhD.

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