Nursing - News March 20, 2013

Settlement in Flint 'black nurse' lawsuit included money (clickondetroit)
Documents show a Michigan hospital agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of money as part of a settlement following an accusation that it agreed to a man's request that no black nurses care for his newborn.

Daily blood tests unnecessary: doctors (canada)
Daily blood testing has, for many decades, been a common hospital practice around the world.

'Nurses dropped dad from a hoist' (eveshamjournal.co.uk)
THE family of a disabled man who was allegedly dropped from a hoist while being lifted into his hospital bed are accusing nursing staff of negligence and attempting to cover up the incident.

Nurses' union raid sore point for NDP (vancourier)
The smallest bill of the session prompted one of the longest, most intense debates.

Law Says Insurers Should Pay For Breast Pumps, But Which Ones? (nhpr)
Pediatricians and health officials are eager to encourage breast-feeding as one of the best and most economical ways to protect a baby's health.

El Camino Hospital and Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement (patch)
Mountain View-based El Camino Hospital announced Tuesday that it had reached a tentative agreement with the Professional Resource for Nurses.

UNK Nursing Expansion To Have Impact on Central Nebraskan Community (1011now)
It's a $19-million project, one that University of Nebraska Kearney officials hope will make a big and lasting impact.

Nurses Working for Westchester County Agree to Make Health Care Benefit Contributions (patch)
The New York State Nurses Association has become the fourth union to agree with Westchester County on a labor deal that includes - for the first time - contributions to the cost of their health care benefits, according to Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino.

Head of nursing 'made staff cry' (thisisstaffordshire.co.uk)
THE former head of nursing at the scandal-hit Stafford Hospital was a 'bully' who endangered patients by running wards on a skeleton staff, it is claimed.

How to get ahead in ... nursing leadership (guardian.co.uk)
After the Mid Staffs hospital scandal, David Cameron called for a new style of leadership from nurses.

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