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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

(7 stories) Healthcare Humanity Awards for 54 workers

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Healthcare Humanity Awards for 54 workers
Healthcare Humanity Awards for 54 workers (Suria)
SINGAPORE: A total of 54 healthcare workers have been honoured at this year's Healthcare Humanity Awards for their efforts in improving patient care and going beyond their call of duty.

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Derby's Hospital Trust in award bid for the training of nurses (This is Derbyshire)
DERBY'S hospital trust has been nominated for an award for its training of student nurses from two universities as criticism rages nationwide about nursing in the NHS.

Blue Cross, Trinity Health launch reimbursement model based on getting patient better the 1st time (MLive)
Registered nurses work in the triage nurses station inside the birthing center at Mercy Health Partners Hackley Campus in Muskegon in this October 2010 file photo.MLive File Photo  Trinity Health-Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan are starting a...

How to Become a Savvy Nursing-Home Shopper (US News & World Report)
The story of an aging America often focuses on the large number of people turning 65 every day - a stream averaging 10,000 a day over the next 18 years or so.

American Medical Association questions Guantanamo force-feedings (Reuters)
The Navy sent extra medical personnel to the Guantanamo detention camp because of a growing hunger strike, and the American Medical Association questioned whether doctors were being asked to violate their ethics by force-feeding prisoners.

Big Sibling's Big Influence: Some Behaviors Run In The Family
Big Sibling's Big Influence: Some Behaviors Run In The Family (GPB)
Patricia East is a developmental psychologist who began her career working at an OB-GYN clinic in California.

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Monday, April 29, 2013

(9 stories) After disasters, hospitals pay it forward

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After disasters, hospitals pay it forward (Click Orlando)
The week of April 15 brought two horrific events: The Boston Marathon bombings and the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion.

After disasters, hospitals pay it forward
After disasters, hospitals pay it forward (KCCI-TV Des Moines)
The week of April 15 brought two horrific events: The Boston Marathon bombings and the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion.

Unison to ballot 3,000 members at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust (Hemsworth and South Elmsall Today)
Unison members working at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS trust will be balloted for strike action in a long-running dispute over pay cuts and job losses.

Nursing chiefs concerned at rocketing A&E times (Daily Echo)
NURSING chiefs have summoned Southampton hospital bosses to urgent talks after the Daily Echo revealed waiting times in the city's accident and emergency department have rocketed.

Japan to promote robots for nursing home care (Bangor Daily News)
The Japanese government plans to extend financial assistance to help firms develop low-cost nursing care robots with a price tag of about 100,000 yen as a major feature of its economic growth strategy, government sources said.

Colorado Health Foundation awards CMC a grant to support potential bachelor's in nursing (Glenwood Springs Post-Independent)
Nursing students working toward an associate degree practice IV techniques in a class at Colorado Mountain College.

Schoolcraft's nursing programs earn additional accreditation (Farmington Hills Observer)
The associate degree and practical nursing programs at Schoolcraft College recently received additional accreditation from the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission.

'Nothing we can do' for Lyme disease as costly treatment option denied
'Nothing we can do' for Lyme disease as costly treatment option denied (Times Herald-Record)
Scores of local victims of a disease they say makes them so weak they can't drive, think clearly or make tea without laying down are being denied insurance payments for treatment of that disease.

The W celebrates 40 years of nursing program (Newms360)
They came from across the nation, their hair perhaps a little grayer, their steps perhaps a little slower, but their faces as alight with enthusiasm as they were the first day they stepped on campus at Mississippi University for Women.

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Sunday, April 28, 2013

(7 stories) College's nursing students in lurch

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College's nursing students in lurch (The Times Leader)
In life-or-death situations, nurses quickly react. Some of the 117 students in the Marywood University nursing program are following that protocol after they learned their program has lost its accreditation.

Visit home of a nursing heroine (The Lebanon Daily News)
Clara Barton changed the front of her house, which was originally a warehouse for the American Red Cross, to a Victorian style.

Coughlin-Ellis (Hometown Life)
The bride-to-be, daughter of Peter and Marian Coughlin of San Francisco, Calif., is a 2008 graduate of Redmond High School in Redmond, Ore.

Employment Services (Port Townsend Leader)
OWL SPRIT CAFE is looking for a responsible, experienced breakfast cook, who can also work front- of-the house.

John Monfredo: May is the Month To Remember Our Teachers + Nurses
John Monfredo: May is the Month To Remember Our Teachers + Nurses (Go Local)
It's both National School Nurse and Teacher Appreciation weeks in May. Let's show them the respect and thanks they deserve.

'Shy bladder' syndrome leads to lawsuit (News10)
A would-be administrator who failed a job-related drug test due to anxiety over giving a urine sample has sued Iowa Methodist Medical Center for failing to make a reasonable accommodation to her alleged disability.

Former physicians, nurses and staff bid farewell to Grace hospital (The Windsor Star)
Ethel Dodman, vice-president of the nurses alumni, shows the crowd an old photo of Grace Hospital while at a final farewell ceremony for the former hospital, Saturday, April 27, 2013.

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Saturday, April 27, 2013

(6 stories) Epsom, Sutton and St Helier patients give positive feedback over NHS treatment

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Epsom, Sutton and St Helier patients give positive feedback over NHS treatment
Epsom, Sutton and St Helier patients give positive feedback over NHS treatment (Wimbledon Guardian)
More than 85 percent of patients who took part in survey rating their treatment at Epsom, Sutton and St Helier hospitals have said they were extremely likely or likely to recommend the hospital to loved ones.

Walgreens Presentation At Oncology Nursing Society Annual Congress... (MediLexicon)
Certain patients with cancer at risk for malnutrition may improve survival rates, response to treatment and quality of life by receiving nutrition therapy at home, according to information in a Walgreens Infusion Services' presentation today at the Oncology Nursing Society's 38th Annual Congress in Washington, D.C.1,2 In patients with cancer, ... (more)

Murrieta: Firefighters, nurses warn of dire consequences without increased nursing staff (Southwest Riverside News Network)
When it comes to emergency room care, minutes can save lives, and an unanswered call can make all the difference.

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Oregon's Dilemma: How To Measure Health? (WDBO-AM Orlando)
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of ways to track the health of a population: the average blood pressure of a large group of people, the rate of mental illness, the average weight.

Himachal gets central funds for nursing institutes (India Gazette)
The central government Friday agreed to sanction Rs.17 crore for strengthening infrastructure in four nursing institutes in Himachal Pradesh, a statement said here.

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Friday, April 26, 2013

(6 stories) Beilue: Pampa nursing student renders aid after deadly West explosion

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Beilue: Pampa nursing student renders aid after deadly West explosion
Beilue: Pampa nursing student renders aid after deadly West explosion (Amarillo)
For Ashlyn McNeely of Pampa, it was a weekly ritual. Every Wednesday, she and two friends left Dallas where she was a nursing student for Baylor University in Waco and a day of ROTC training.

Simpson University To Graduate First Nursing Class (KRCR)
Thursday night marked their pinning ceremony, which is an age old tradition that identifies the students as new members of the health-care community.

Borough MP takes hospital death rate fears to top of NHS (Stourbridgenews.co.uk)
A BOROUGH MP has taken his fears about death rates at Russells Hall Hospital to the top of the NHS.

New Website Helps Match Nursing Students with Residency (NBC29)
A new website developed in Charlottesville is helping nursing students find the right residency.

Charity condemns nurse work plans (This is Guernsey)
Plans to force all aspiring nurses to work for up to a year as healthcare assistants could put students off doing nursing courses, a health charity has warned.

Researchers at PARC give us a glimpse of the future (The York Daily Record)
Xerox PARC psychologist and computer scientist Ed Chi wears a head mounted eye tracking device in the Xerox lab in Palo Alto, Calif., Friday, April 13, 2001 with a live image of his right eye on the monitor to record the focus of the user's attention as they look at web pages as part of his research.

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

(7 stories) Senate to Vote On State Health Budget

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Senate to Vote On State Health Budget
Senate to Vote On State Health Budget (KAAL-TV Austin)
Minnesota's Senate will debate and vote on a budget for state health and assistance programs that includes a state surcharge on HMOs and nursing facilities.

Nursing jobs at risk (Lancaster Guardian)
As part of a consultation into staff roles across University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust's three hospital sites, the trust is a proposing to cut five per cent of its 5,000-strong workforce.

Taunton & Somerset NHS Recruitment Open Day (Chardandilminsternews.co.uk)
A SPECIAL one-stop recruitment day for nurses and healthcare assistants is being held at Musgrove Park Hospital , Taunton , on Monday from 9.30am to 4pm.

Bob Barker writes letter to Wash U on behalf of PETA (KSDK-TV Saint Louis)
The American Heart Association evidence-based PALS Course is presented by St. Louis Children's Hospital and sponsored by Washington University School of Medicine to provide participants with information and strategies to: Prevent injury and death in infants and children Recognize and initiate treatment for infants and children with impending ... (more)

Hospital sends smokers into Wenatchee neighborhood (Seattle Times)
Ever since Central Washington Hospital banned smoking on its Wenatchee campus in February, smokers have made their way to a sidewalk to light up.

VIA awards scholarships to Beebe School of Nursing students (Cape Gazette)
The Village Improvement Association, a nonprofit charitable organization located in Rehoboth Beach, recently awarded two Mildred Gray Scholarships to undergraduate nursing students at Beebe School of Nursing.

Creationists Ruined My Ability to Enjoy Watching My Daughter Ride a Dinosaur
Creationists Ruined My Ability to Enjoy Watching My Daughter Ride a Dinosaur (Houston Press)
The Wife with One F is in nursing school with finals approaching, so it's my job to take my sweet but concentration-shattering three-year-old daughter out of the house so that when my wife is actually in a hospital setting later on saving your life, she doesn't forget where the hell your pancreas is.

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