Nursing - News December 14, 2012

Rose Labriola named to key Parkland nursing job (Business Journal)
Labriola comes to Parkland from Frederick Regional Health System in Maryland, where she served as the senior vice president of Patient Care Services since 2005.

Nursing graduate's new career plan: engineer good health (Roanoke Times)
Rachel Black , Harvey "Skip" Bogard, Katie Bradshaw Gennosa, Alison Byrd and Blair Bullock received Pre-Licensure Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees Thursday from Jefferson College of Health Sciences.

Former Patient Gives Back to Hospital That Saved Her Life (Patch)
A team of doctors at Stony Brook University Hospital saved her life not once, not twice, but six times - and now, Carin Navratil has found a way to give back to the hospital that saved her life.

Kaplan University in Augusta OK'd for nursing, IT degrees (Kennebec Journal)
Kaplan University will start enrolling students next month for a nursing program set to begin in February, and two information technology degree programs should follow later in 2013.

Sickle cell patient won't let disease define her (CNN)
Editor's note: Marquita Gaines is a college student living with sickle cell disease.

Nurses, union members OK new contract at Women & Infants (The Providence Journal)
Nurses and other unionized workers at Women & Infants Hospital have approved a new four-year contract that calls for wage increases and the start of employee contributions to health-care costs.

Gov't appeals ruling on nurses' restraining orders (Jerusalem Post)
Following lower court's decision not to force striking nurses back to work, TA District Attorney files appeal to National Labor Court.

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