Nursing - News December 8, 2012

Tributes flood in for nurse found dead following hoax call (Musicrooms)
Tributes have flooded in for the nurse who was found dead after being duped into putting a call through to Duchess Catherine's bedside.

Video: Supreme Court to rule on future of same-sex marriage (CBS News)
The U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will consider the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California's ban on marriage.

Home nursing charity announces fundraisers (Banbury Guardian)
A CHARITY which provides home nursing care for patients in the last three months of their lives has announced a series of fundraising events.

Prank call played for hours after death (The Age)
Radio 2DayFM hosts Mel Greig and Michael Christian will not return to radio for some time, after a British nurse who took a prank call from their show died.

Elf on the Shelf Gives Children's Hospital Patients a Christmas Treat (KSFO-AM San Francisco)
There are no Dancers or Prancers or Comets or Vixens, no partridges in a pear tree or even nutcrackers dancing when you're sick in the hospital at Christmastime.

Nursing assistant accused of fondling patient (WBNS)
The Rhode Island Department of Health has suspended the license of a nursing assistant it says sexually assaulted a female patient at Rhode Island Hospital in September.

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