Nursing - News March 3, 2013

Starkville nurse practitioner Mary Atkinson Smith earns national nurses internship (The Clarion-Ledger)
Starkville nurse practitioner Mary Atkinson Smith is the recipient of a full scholarship to attend the Nurse in Washington Internship to be held March 17-19 in Washington, D.C. The Nursing Organizations Alliance awards one such scholarship nationally.

Nursing class offered for high school students (Northwest Herald)
Woodstock School District 200 offers a one-semester Basic Nursing Assistant class to high school juniors and seniors.

Stafford Hospital scandal: Twenty-eight hospitals have complaints of neglect lodged against them (Mirror.co.uk)
Lawyers are investigating claims from 93 A patients who say they were victims of appalling failures in care.

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Nurses 'scared to raise concerns' (Maldonandburnham Standard)
Research for the Nursing Times found that an NHS culture of discouraging staff from reporting problems is putting patients at risk Research for the Nursing Times found that an NHS culture of discouraging staff from reporting problems, rather than supporting them, is putting patients at risk.

AUB study raises concerns over patient safety in local hospitals (The Daily Star)
BEIRUT: Patient safety may be at risk in local hospitals because of a culture that does not encourage staff to report errors, a nationwide study has found.

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