Nursing - News March 29, 2013

Care homes need more nurses and less bosses says wife of dementia sufferer (Ely Standard)
AN AUTHOR who has written a book detailing her husband's twenty year decline with dementia has criticised the care system in the UK which she says has too many bosses and not enough nurses.

Flash from the Past: Old Galt Hospital came down in 1992 (The Waterloo Region Record)
The Galt Hospital on St. Andrews Street as it looked in 1954 when it became a Salvation Army Eventide Home.

Nursing, rehab facility seeks workers, patients (The Medina Gazette)
A nursing and rehabilitation facility that soon will open on East Smith Road is hiring and looking for its first two patients.

More men choosing nursing as a career (The Daily American)
Paul Fedorchak of Bedford was a plant manager for Morton Metal Craft. When the company was bought out and the plant was closed in 2009, he decided to switch careers.

Nursing layoffs at Stollery just the beginning, nurses' union warns (Edmonton Journal)
Telehealth sessions began at the Stollery in 1996. About 650 patients used the technology for visits with specialists last year, a 33-per-cent increase over the previous year, Alberta Health Services says.

Nursing Students Looking to Make a Difference (KIMT)
Some local nursing students are looking to make a difference, but they'll need your help to do it.

South University adds bachelor of science degree to nursing program (Observer & Eccentric)
For information on requirements to apply to the bachelor of science in nursing, transfer credits and the admission process, please contact the admissions office at 675-0200 or visit www.southuniversity.edu . Novi's South University has added a new bachelor of science in nursing program to the offerings of the Twelve Mile Road campus.

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