Nursing - News February 3, 2013

Nevada nursing graduates achieve No. 2 national ranking (Nevada Appeal)
Nevada college and university nursing graduates were ranked second in the nation in 2012 for the National Council Licensing Examination for Registered Nurses.

We need you to help show go with a swing (Hemel Online)
The Tring-based charity Iain Rennie Grove House Hospice Care offers specialist advice and support to patients and carers 365 days a year.

Staffing danger on wards, say nurses (BBC News)
The Nursing Times conducted an online poll of nearly 600 of its readers on issues such as staffing, patient safety and NHS culture.

Opinion: Roll up your sleeve (Jerusalem Post)
The Health Ministry has done nothing to persuade Israelis to get the annual flu shot.

Routine cancer scan turns into 10-hour ordeal for pensioner (Shields Gazette)
WHAT should have been a routine 30-minute scan turned into 10 hours of misery for an elderly cancer patient because of an amulance mix-up. Jean Philipson, 88, had booked the Patient Transport Service , which ferries people to and from South Tyneside Hospital, on Wednesday.

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