Nursing - News February 15, 2013

Project to help improve treatment of kids with cancer in Caribbean, up survival (Canada)
The SickKids Foundation in Toronto is launching a project aimed at improving the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and serious blood disorders in children living in the Caribbean.

Illinois Poison Center marks 60 years of service (KFVS12)
The Illinois Poison Center was founded in 1953 in response to an increase in the number of children being poisoned by chemicals, drugs and household products.

Nursing watchdog's concerns over care at Great Western Hospital (This is Wiltshire)
The Royal College of Nursing is raising concerns about patient care after a sharp rise in the use of agency nurses at Great Western Hospital.

Saint Barnabas Medical Center Accepting Nominations for Excellence in Nursing Award (The Alternative Press)
Saint Barnabas Medical Center is now accepting nominations for The Marcia Reinfeld Samuels and Morton Abraham Samuels Fund Award for Excellence in Nursing.

MUHC funding cuts could affect nursing jobs (Montreal Gazette)
Nurses could become another casualty of cutbacks at the McGill University Health Centre, a long-time representative of the hospital network's workers union says.

Nurses criticize cut in pediatric beds at Abbotsford hospital (The Abbotsford News)
Unionized nurses are concerned about the redesignation of children's beds at Abbotsford Regional Hospital, pictured in the aerial photo above.

Iceland Hospital's New Contract with Nurses Presented (Iceland Review)
The Christian tradition of celebrating Bolludagur seven weeks before Easter traveled to Iceland from Denmark in the 19th century.

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