Nursing - News March 11, 2013

How Obama plans to save Medicare (Click Orlando)
However, the specifics of that proposal don't spring to mind as easily as the reforms being bandied about in Republican circles, such as providing seniors with vouchers to pay for premiums or raising the retirement age.

Number Of Male Nurses Is On The Rise (WUSA9)
Adam Wiltison worked at a variety of blue-collar jobs to earn his living before he entered the nursing program at Frederick Community College this past year.

Student nurses at Pilgrim Hospital awarded for academic achievements (Boston Standard)
Pictured are Teresa Shipp, who received a Practice Award Letter of Commendation, Mark Griffin, who received an award for academic achievement, and Michael Butler, who also received an award for academic achievement.

Georgetown nurses earn top awards (Myrtle Beach Online)
Nine nurses from Georgetown Hospital System have achieved the gold standard. The nine, five at Georgetown Memorial Hospital and four at Waccamaw Community Hospital, are being recognized with Palmetto Gold Awards, the state's highest honor for nursing excellence.

Employinjg Nurses With Baccalaureates In Nursing Leads To Fewer Patient Deaths (MediLexicon)
When hospitals hire more nurses with four-year degrees, patient deaths following common surgeries decrease, according to new research by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research as reported in the March issue of the prestigious policy journal Health Affairs.

More doctors going paperless (The Brampton Guardian)
DIGITIZED RECORDS:. Electronic Medical Record is part of Ontario's eHealth initiative and there is a movement afoot to have all patient records digitized by 2015.

Obama administration is putting Medicaid system at risk (HeraldNet)
Under the Affordable Care Act, the low-income Medicaid program will see its greatest growth since 1965 when President Lyndon Johnson signed it, along with Medicare, into law in former President Harry Truman's Missouri library.

Regulatory oversight (Journal Gazette)
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