Nursing - News March 28, 2013

UConn Names New Dean of School of Nursing (UConn Advance)
Regina Cusson has been named dean of UConn's School of Nursing following an extensive national search, according to Provost Mun Y. Choi and Vice Provost Sally M. Reis in an announcement made on March 25.

State grant goes to nursing assistant program (The Business Ledger)
State officials have announced a $750,000 grant to help health care workers get job training.

Men in nursing growing in numbers (Northwest Herald)
RN JC Jimeno of Carpentersville checks on Dawn Davis of McHenry while working at Centegra Hospital – McHenry on Monday, March 25, 2013.

Health Coalition Gets Grant to Prep Nursing (Utah Business)
Salt Lake City The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced that Utah Action Coalition for Health will be one of 20 states to be part of a new $3 million initiative, the Future of Nursing State Implementation Program.

North Cumbrian hospitals in breach of superbug targets (News and Star)
North Cumbria has breached its annual target for the number of cases of a hospital superbug for the current year.

Three top executives out at Medical Center (The Macon Telegraph)
Three top executives at The Medical Center of Central Georgia are out, and their departures come less than six months after a new CEO took the helm of Macon’s largest hospital.

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