Nursing - News March 31, 2013

Zwaanendael Women's Club presents nursing scholarship (Cape Gazette)
At its monthly meeting March 9, the General Federation of Women's Club's Zwaanendael Women's Club presented a scholarship to the student who has achieved academic excellence at completion of the fall semester during the first year at Beebe School of Nursing.

UPMC agreement concerns nurse un... (Altoona Mirror)
Editor's note: This is the first in a series looking at the Altoona Regional Health System's proposed affiliation with UPMC.

Ogdensburg native travels to Ghana with Le Moyne nursing students (Watertown Daily Times)
Kelsie E. Rupp until recently had never been anywhere outside the U.S. except for Canada.

Gail MarksJarvis: Companies offer new model for choosing caregiver (Sunherald)
He was 89, and determined to continue to drive. But after retaking the test six times without a stamp of approval, "he was crushed," and Schoeneman had a problem that needed solving fast.

Dementia care programme rolled out (IcRefrewshire)
People with the disease will be cared for by a named support worker who will tailor individual treatment and help families understand it.

As MUHC cuts nurses, CHUM goes on recruiting blitz (Montreal Gazette)
As the McGill University Health Centre prepares to eliminate 40 nursing positions as part of $50 million in cuts, the Centre hospitalier de l'universitA© de MontrA©al held a job fair at McGill on March 21 to recruit nursing students, some of whom have been working part-time at the MUHC and whose jobs are threatened.

Skeleton found in Iowa hospital was homeless man's (KWWL-TV Waterloo)
A full skeleton recently found in the basement of an abandoned hospital in Ottumwa has been determined as that of a homeless man who lived decades ago.

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