Nursing - News March 5, 2013

OH school official wants school Medicaid expansion (Daily-Jeff)
A member of the state school board wants the Medicaid program for Ohio schools expanded to cover tens of millions in additional services, including school nurses, classroom aides and special education transportation.

Scheme aims to boost patient care in Mid Devon hospitals (This is The West Country)
PATIENTS at Tiverton and Crediton hospitals are being checked to see if they are comfortable and safe at least once every hour as part of a new campaign launched by the Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.

UMKC nursing school gets a new name (KFVS12)
Dean Lora Lacey-Haun says the school she leads has expanded beyond nursing. The school also trains people to oversee hospital and clinic operations, conduct community outreach, serve as patient advocates and health educators and manage electronic health record conversions.

Mentally ill woman told to sleep in armchair at hospital (Basildon Recorder)
A MENTALLY ill woman was taken out of her hospital bed and told to spend the night in an armchair by nurses.

Nurses spar with doctors as 30 million insured seek care (Mercury-Register)
Christy Blanco's health clinic in El Paso, Texas, has all the necessary equipment and a waiting list of patients.

School of Nursing in Abilene accomodates more nurses for rural shortage (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
Expansion and raising awareness are two ways that Texas Tech Health Sciences Center is taking proactive steps to feed the nursing shortage.

Calif. woman dies after nurse refuses to do CPR (Daily Reporter)
A nurse's refusal to give CPR to a dying 87-year-old woman at a California independent living home despite desperate pleas from a 911 dispatcher has prompted outrage and spawned a criminal investigation.

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