Nursing - News January 20, 2013

Flu season fuels debate over paid sick time laws (Northern Michigan News)
Sniffling, groggy and afraid she had caught the flu, Diana Zavala dragged herself in to work anyway for a day she felt she couldn't afford to miss.

'Brain on Fire:' Rare disease causes woman to suffer from hallucinations, paranoia and memory loss (Fox News)
I stare at the doctor's cheekbones and pretty olive skin. I stare harder, harder, harder still.

Nurses suspended over claim they used patients' money to pay for boozy party on ward (The Daily Record)
THE nurses - Charles Hillen and Myra Gilligan - are said to have organised the party at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.

Virtually no risk of hepatitis C transmission through breastfeeding: Doctor (Ottawa Citizen)
The risk of transmitting hepatitis C through breast milk is "infinitesimally small" says a breastfeeding expert in the wake of a $3.2-million lawsuit launched by an Edmonton couple whose baby was allegedly given breast milk from another woman infected with the disease.

Criminal failure: Hospitals took 3 years to do safety checks on NHS doctors and nurses (Mirror.co.uk)
Among those who slipped through the net were paediatric staff, who are classed as high risk because they treat children.

Greenwich nurse lauded for service (News Times)
Barely 15 minutes into her 12-hour Saturday shift, nurse Maria Galizi sprang to action as medical technicians burst through the doors of Greenwich Hospital 's emergency room, carrying a stretcher with an elderly woman struggling to breathe.

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