Nursing - News February 4, 2013

Union wants nursing-scheme meeting with Health Minister (BreakingNews.ie)
SIPTU has today requested a meeting with Health Minister James Reilly to demand that the controversial graduate nursing scheme be dropped.

a Nursing student from Dovercourt has been shortlisted for a prestigious scholarship award. (Harwich and Manningtree Standard)
Katie Horne, 20, of Valley Road, Dovercourt, is one of 22 candidates hoping to win the Outstanding Student Nurse Award at the 2012/13 Cavell Nurses' Trust Scholarship Awards.

Medical Units Improved To Reduce Nursing Fatigue, Cut Costs (MediLexicon)
In hospitals, poor floor design, storage closet clutter and crowded corridors can contribute to nurse and medical staff fatigue.

Milkshakes to pigs feet: Hospice volunteer does whatever he can (Northwest Florida Daily News)
On any given day you can see a group of people sitting in a small corner at Emerald Coast Center nursing facility.

Nurses to walk off job at RPH (Western Australian Business News)
After the meeting, they will not be doing any work that does not directly involve the care of a patient including removing rubbish, cleaning toilets and bathrooms, and moving medical equipment in and out of theatre rooms.

Chronic underfunding means long hours, short staffing for Maine nursing homes (Kennebec Journal)
The Oak Grove Center nursing home in Waterville swirled with activity last week, with a beano game in one room, two women chatting over coffee in another, and an ambulance crew wheeling in a new resident on a gurney.

Nursing Assistant Certifi... Swedish Medical Center (Nurse)
There's a sense of pride that comes from working at Swedish. Maybe it's because Swedish has been an indelible part of our Northwest community for 100 years.

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