Nursing - News December 5, 2012

1,500 NHS Direct jobs 'at risk' (Romsey Advertiser)
NHS Direct jobs will not be made officially 'at risk' until the end of a consultation in March, it said Up to 1,500 NHS Direct staff are at risk of redundancy, the Royal College of Nursing has said.

Simulation technology helping nursing students make life-and-death decisions (WKBT)
Viterbo University nursing students are gaining confidence in making those tough decisions with the help of some high-tech technology.

Radio DJs make prank call to Kate's hospital (KXLY-TV Spokane)
Two Australian radio DJs made a prank call to the hospital where Prince William's pregnant wife, Catherine, is staying with acute morning sickness, claiming to be Queen Elizabeth II and her son, Prince Charles.

Nursing home sued after Alzheimer's patient infested by maggots (Daily Herald)
The family of an Arlington Heights woman is suing her former nursing home after doctors found and removed 57 maggots from her ear earlier this fall, lawyers said Tuesday.

Prank callers trick hospital staff (Preston Citizen)
Prank callers have managed to trick hospital staff treating the Duchess of Cambridge into revealing detailed information about her condition.

Main image for Nurses fear wage cuts over debt crisis at University Hospital of North Staffordshire (This Is Staffordshire)
Nurses have raised concerns as the University Hospital of North Staffordshire faces major financial problems, with auditors revealing its overspend could increase to a staggering 37million.

Support for heart patients (Thorne Today)
A NEW support service for patients with advanced heart failure has been set up by Barnsley Hospice.

Nursing Program to open January 2013 at A&M-Commerce (North Texas e-News)
Texas A&M University-Commerce christened the Nursing Program with an open house on November 19 in the new Nursing Building on West Neal Street.

Basic hygiene at risk in debt-stricken Greek hospitals (Reuters)
Greek hospitals are in such dire straits that staff are failing to keep up basic disease controls such as using gloves and gowns, threatening a rise in multidrug-resistant infections, according to Europe's top health official.

Nursing graduate continues education and hope for the future (Floyd County Times)
Kayla Bryant Tuers, a graduate from the Pikeville Campus, loves that she can support her family while helping others in her work as a registered nurse at Pikeville Medical Center.

Moms, doctors, nurses plead to keep birthing center (News Times)
Doctors, nurses and mothers often became emotional Tuesday as they voiced their concerns about the possible closure of the Family Birthing Center at New Milford Hospital.

Nurses get a flattering close-up in photo book, website (The Northwestern in Oshkosh)
Carolyn Jones is shown in her New York loft apartment with two images from her book "The American Nurse." / Leo Sorel for USA TODAY Many of us keep a nurse in our memories: the one who brought a baby into the world or helped usher a parent out; the one who calmed a terrified toddler in the emergency room or comforted a loved one during a long, ... (more)

MP breaks down over 'cold' nurses (BBC News)
An MP has broken down as she described the "coldness, resentment, indifference and contempt" of some nurses who treated her late husband.

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