Nursing - News March 13, 2013

Winchester care home manager ignored choking resident, tribunal hears (Basingstoke Gazette)
A WINCHESTER care home boss, described as a "bit of a Hitler", refused to call an ambulance for a dementia patient who was choking to death, a disciplinary hearing heard.

JR staff find out how the other half nurses (This is Oxfordshire)
Charlie MucCulloch with Liberian nurses Rommina T Yah, left, and Wattu Borbur around the JR's paediatric high dependancy unit Their tour of the Headington hospital last week was part of a Save the Children exchange project to highlight differences in medical facilities across the globe.

ADRIAN Hampshire says this bag has saved his life and could save the lives of hundreds of others. (Oxford Mail)
The 62-year-old believes he is alive and well today all thanks to a simple bowel cancer screening kit which health bosses say are being ignored by thousands of people across Oxfordshire.

UCLA Stroke Center wins prestigious award (Examiner)
On March 12, the UCLA Stroke Center announced that it has been certified as a comprehensive stroke center by the Joint Commission and the American Heart Association / American Stroke Association .

Study: Four-year nursing degrees save lives (Business Journal)
About 500 deaths among general, orthopedic and vascular surgery patients in Pennsylvania might have been avoided during the 1999-2005 study period if the number of bachelor's-level nurses had been 10 percentage points higher, researchers found.

Vince Neil expected to return to action following kidney stone surgery (WONE-AM Dayton)
Just out of surgery. Spent night in hospital probably have to again tonight. Thank you all for the kind words and prayers.

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