Nursing - News March 24, 2013

Nurse fights back from bite (Retford Today)
A former nurse from Worksop is fighting back after being left disabled by an insect bite and is celebrated being given a stairlift to get her life back on track.

Patients are at risk as hospitals axe 5,000 nurses, warns union (The Guardian)
The head of the Royal College of Nursing has warned of a major health risk to patients as it emerged that 5,000 nurses have left the NHS since the coalition government came to power, while nearly 6,000 lower-paid and less well-qualified healthcare assistants have been taken on since 2010.

Port Moody mom with diabetic daughter fearful over nursing support as her child starts kindergarten (The Province)
Janilee Cadongonan does not look like a threat to Canada. The 27-year-old doesn't look like a threat to hurt a fly.

NY town eyes hospital reopening months after Sandy (Peninsula Clarion)
Of the more than half-dozen hospitals in the New York area forced to close because of damage from Superstorm Sandy, only one has yet to reopen, idling hundreds of workers for months and forcing thousands of residents to travel farther for emergency health care.

Nursing student scores in top 10 percent of the nation (Floyd County Times)
Melinda Shepherd, a graduate from the Pikeville campus of National College, has been hired as a registered nurse by Pikeville Medical Center after scoring in the top 10 percent of the nation on the Kaplan Exit Exam which she sat for at the conclusion of her nursing program at National College.

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