Nursing - News April 18, 2013

The first line of medical defense in the Boston bombings (USA Today)
Jessica Sexton quietly shakes and cries as she describes sitting by a severely injured child's bedside for hours after Monday's bombing.

Ladson Woman Charged In Toddler's Death (WLTX-TV Columbia)
A warrant says the woman had taken the child to the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital on Aug.

Reducing The Pain Of Movement In Intensive Care (Medical News Today)
Monitoring pain and providing analgesics to patients in intensive care units during non-surgical procedures, such as turning and washing, can not only reduce the amount of pain but also reduce the number of serious adverse events including cardiac arrest, finds new research in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care .

Colchester: New role for director of nursing (Gazette-news.co.uk)
THE director of nursing and patient experience at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust has been appointed to a new job.

Q&A with a nursing student (The Daily Vidette)
Jenna Daugherty, senior nursing major, discusses her experience at ISU as she balances her social life and coursework.

First lady praises Md. bill to help veterans (Air Force Times)
First lady Michelle Obama praised a Maryland bill that helps veterans and their spouses find jobs, describing it Wednesday as one of the best laws in the country aimed at helping military personnel and their families.

Investment in service (Bakewell Today)
Patients needing an ambulance to deal with their emergency will benefit from more frontline staff and vehicles being introduced by East Midlands Ambulance Service .

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