Nursing - News February 8, 2013

Johns Hopkins Nursing Research News - Jan.-Feb. 2012 (Newswise)
The Skinny on Obesity and Childhood Stress. America's children and teens are gaininga weight.

Type 1 diabetes up 70 percent in kids (WLBT-TV Jackson)
Researchers have documented a startling rise in the rate of type 1 diabetes in one city: Diagnoses in kids younger than 5 jumped by 70 percent between 1985 and 2004 in Philadelphia.

Add a new nibble for county nursing home (Albany Times Union)
Last month, a director at two local nursing facilities owned by a Rockland County resident, Bent Philipson, emailed County Executive Dan McCoy to notify him of Philipson's interest in buying the county-owned home.

Nurses in Iceland Complain about Pay Raise Coverage (Iceland Review)
Watch an audio slideshow comparing Iceland and Hawaii. It comes as no surprise that Iceland and Hawaii rarely come up in the same conversation, but perhaps its time that changed.

Top nurse 'appalled' by scandal (This is Guernsey)
The country's top nurse has said colleagues who fail to demonstrate "compassion and empathy" to patients have no place in the NHS, following a damning report into failings of care at Stafford Hospital.

Catholic bishops rebuff modified contraception mandate (The Reporter)
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, shown here at their meeting in November 2012, said Thursday the bishops reject the Obama administration's modifications to the contraception mandate for insurance coverage.

PGI nursing body to join nationwide protest on February 20 (The Indian Express)
A general body meeting of PGI Nurses Welfare Association was held at Nivedita Hostel in PGI campus Thursday, which was presided over by the president of the association, Lakhvinder Singh, decided to participate in ensuing agitation on February 20-21. The members of the association will wear black badges while on work on February 20 and will ... (more)

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