Nursing - News March 19, 2013

How to get ahead in ... nursing leadership (guardian.co.uk)
After the Mid Staffs hospital scandal, David Cameron called for a new style of leadership from nurses.

Moore Regional welcomes new VP, Patient Care Services/CNO (yourdailyjournal)
Karen Robeano, R.N., DNP, has become the new vice president for Patient Care Services/chief nursing officer at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst.

Hereford doctor on mission to treat poorest in Asian nation (herefordtimes)
But Mike doesn't do the counting as patients keep on coming anyway they can to the specialist clinic he helps run in Nepal.

Volunteer gives cancer patients a little TLC (nwfdailynews)
Mary Barnes once thought she knew a lot. The 76-year-old said her opinion changed 13 years ago when she began volunteering for the oncology department at Eglin Hospital.

Hospitals work to keep patients from being readmitted (portclintonnewsherald)
Now, galvanized by a recent shift in government pay for this care, hospitals across the country are adopting a variety of creative approaches to reduce readmission rates.

Nursing jobs plentiful in northeast Louisiana (thenewsstar)
Job opportunities for newly licensed registered nurses are plentiful in northeast Louisiana, despite a recent survey that found employment prospects for new RN graduates are not as abundant in some areas of the state.

OHSU hires new nursing school dean (bizjournals)
Susan Bakewell-Sachs, OHSU's new School of Nursing dean, comes to Portland from the College of New Jersey, where she served as interim provost and vice president for academic affairs.

Nursing Shortage May Harm Infants in Intensive Care, Study Says (philly)
Nurse understaffing is widespread in U.S. neonatal intensive care units and linked with higher rates of infection, a new study indicates.

Nursing team gets prestigious award (haringeyindependent.co.uk)
Haringey's Joint Learning Disability Partnership Nursing team has won the National Nursing Standard Award from the Royal College of Nursing.

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