Nursing - News January 9, 2013

Nursing facility's future discussed (Your News Now)
Employees of the Chemung County Skilled Nursing Facility met with county leaders Wednesday.

Comments (Sag Harbor Online)
That's the point at which hospice becomes indispensible - not only for a patient nearing the end of his or her life, but for families who must struggle with the inevitable and say goodbye.

Premier officially opens collaborative emergency centre in Pugwash (The News)
Premier Darrell Dexter talks to Cumberland North MLA Brian Skabar after officially opening the province's newest collaborative emergency centre in Pugwash.

Paediatric nurse allegedly surfed Facebook instead of caring for sick child (Basildon Recorder)
A FORMER Basildon Hospital paediatric nurse who allegedly accessed Facebook when she should have been dealing with a critically ill child could be struck off.

LISTEN: How MP Saved Dad From Death Pathway (LBC 97.3)
An MP has told LBC 97.3 the moving story of how she saved her father from the Liverpool Care Pathway, three years after her mother endured an 'agonising' death on the system.

Ellsworth free medical clinic runs low on cash (Sun Journal)
A free medical clinic in Ellsworth that treats the uninsured is running low on cash and is in danger of closing.

Central Coast Nursing Center Celebrates Grand Opening of Renovated Rehabilitation Wing (Noozhawk)
The Central Coast Nursing Center at 3880 Via Lucero in Santa Barbara recently celebrated the grand opening of its short-term rehabilitation wing and extensive building remodel.

RFK's Son Sues Maternity Ward Nurses After Scuffle (NBC New York)
This surveillance video from Northern Westchester Hospital shows Douglas Kennedy trying to take his newborn child from the hospital and clashing with hospital staff, according to a lawyer for one of the nurses involved.

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