Nursing - News January 12, 2013

Left in Salem Hospital bathroom, woman seeks birth mom (KCBY-TV Coos Bay)
"Baby Katie" was abandoned by her mother in a bathroom at Salem Hospital. Now 20 years later, she meets the nurses who cared for her, Brenda Peulen and Denise Ehredt.

Vacancy - Midwife/Nursing Sister (The Islander)
A position of Midwife/Nursing Sister will become available at the Georgetown Hospital at the end of April 2013.

The caring nurse who saved patient's life (Daily Echo)
A HAMPSHIRE nurse who helped transform the life of a patient thanks to her dedication and willingness to listen has been hailed a hero.

Doctors, dentists, pharmacists: The mistakes you can't know about (The Toronto Star)
Bert Gabriel's widow, Rosemarie Rohrbach-Gabriel, complained to the College of Physicians and Surgeons about her husband's colonoscopy doctor, believing that he should have further investigated her husband's symptoms more quickly.

Nursing home takes flu precautions (WXOW-TV La Crosse)
It can be especially challenging to prevent the spread of the virus in nursing homes, where people live in close quarters.

Healthier nursing numbers in Sask. (Star Phoenix)
Of the 13,558 graduates of Saskatchewan's nursing programs employed in Canada in 2011, 75.5 per cent worked in the province.

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