Nursing - News December 30, 2012

Pr. George's schools deal with nursing shortage (WHIO)
The Washington Post reports that there's no permanent, full-time nurse assigned to about 10 percent of the county's schools.

Sheffield cancer care help for Iraq (Sheffield Star)
More than 400 health staff from the country will stay in the city to learn about British healthcare and to find out how services at Weston Park Cancer Hospital are delivered.

Nancy Scheible (Weirton Daily Times)
SCHEIBLE, Nancy E. Murray, 93, of Steubenville, OH, went to be with the Lord December 28, 2013, in Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville.

Fiscal cliff cuts could weaken Medicare in N.J. (NJ)
A senior citizen holds a sign during a rally to protect federal health programs at the 8th Annual Healthy Living Festival in 2011 While most media attention on the fiscal cliff has focused on tax rates and cuts in military spending, its potential affect on Medicare has terrified New Jersey's medical community.

Cost of Dying: Discovering a better way for final days (Contra Costa Times)
The discussion, inspired by my frail 88-year-old father's expensive hospital death, has taught me that too much drama and desperation consume our final days, lending them too little dignity.

College to offer nursing program on Vineyard (Cape Cod Times)
The college announced plans Friday to offer health care courses on the island to help licensed practical nurses and others become registered nurses.

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