Nursing - News February 22, 2013

Plastics chemical BPA common in 'preemie' ICU (KFVS12)
Premature babies who spend their first few days of life in the neonatal intensive care unit may be exposed to a possibly harmful chemical widely used in the manufacture of hard plastics, new research says.

USI, local hospitals launch new training model for nursing students (Evansville Courier & Press)
Photographs by DENNY SIMMONS/Courier & Press University of Southern Indiana nursing student Sam Cosgrove, left, removes an IV from the arm of Janice Shaw of Albion, Ill., under the watchful eye of his clinical instructor Lilly Cassel, RN/BSN at St.

Hearing to examine overtime for hospital nurses (CBS 3 Springfield)
The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission will hold a public hearing as it prepares to draft guidelines for when hospital nurses are required to work overtime.

Barnett agrees to meet nurses union (Yahoo!)
Premier Colin Barnett has agreed to meet with a union leader in a last-ditch effort to avoid a mass strike by Perth public hospital nurses angry over wages and conditions.

Benefit Bank gifts $300,000 to UAFS nursing program (The City Wire)
Benefit Bank of Fort Smith has provided two gifts totaling $300,000 to the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, with university officials saying the gifts will have a positive impact on UAFS students and the community.

FDA Panel to Consider Brain Stimulator for Epilepsy (Mental Help Net)
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel will weigh on Friday the merits of a new therapy for some people with epilepsy who have seizures that don't respond to medication.

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