Nursing - News November 9, 2012

NHS Direct plans 'put jobs at risk' (Andover Advertiser)
Hundreds of jobs are under threat at health advice service NHS Direct under plans which unions warned would lead to the closure of 24 sites.

Column by Justin Glaze: Nursing specialties: Emergency care nursing (Catoosa County News)
With so many college graduates standing in the unemployment line, it is very important for those looking to go to college to pursue a degree that can place them in the workforce quickly.

NHS Direct axes hundreds of nurses (Hillingdon Times)
NHS Direct is to close most of its call centres with the loss of hundreds of nursing and other jobs, union leaders said.

'I'll never forget amazing nurses at neonatal unit' (Harborough Today)
Caryss Morrison-Wynne and her partner Luke McInnes went through anguish with their daughter Ffion McInnes, who was born eight weeks early and spent the first five weeks of her life in hospital.

Bid to reunite nurses with their medals (This is Wiltshire)
Claire Barker at the Great Western Hospital has found a large number of nurses badges and is trying to locate their owners Claire Barker, training and development manager in the Academy at GWH, who qualified as a nurse herself back in 1990, discovered the badges in 2009.

Hoboken heart patient, ER staff recount harrowing experience when Hurricane Sandy burst into hospital (NJ)
A 65-year-old heart patient and a skeleton staff at the Hoboken University Medical Center were trapped on the hospital's third floor for nearly two days after the emergency room flooded during Hurricane Sandy.

Dean: Need for Nebraska nurses expected to grow (KHGI)
Nebraska already faces a nursing shortage, but a top dean at the University of Nebraska Medical Center says the need will grow even more under the federal health care law.

Chinese Hospital Nurses Respond to Emergencies on Scooters & Bikes (Inventor Spot)
Code Blue... to the scooters! A Chinese hospital's long halls have meant nurses have to make long hauls when responding to a patient emergency.

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