Nursing - News April 7, 2013

Legislation questions hospitals' nonprofit status (The Daily Breeze)
Some of California's most powerful unions are pressuring nonprofit hospitals to prove that they provide enough charitable care to justify their tax-exempt status.

a New healthcare provider is serving the community of South Gloucestershire with nursing care. (Gazette Series)
Bristol Community Health launched on April 1 after it was awarded a contract by NHS South Gloucestershire in December last year.

Ready for autonomy (Journalgazette)
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UK Midwives Needed To Train African Nurses (Sky News)
A volunteer organisation calls on midwives in the UK to volunteer to train nurses in Africa to prevent deaths in childbirth.

Firefighter Dies Battling Philadelphia Blaze (WCAV)
Amy Daly, a nursing supervisor at Jefferson University Hospitals, confirmed the death to The Associated Press on Saturday evening.

CMU to offer nursing program in St. Charles (WBNS)
Central Methodist University is working with St. Charles Community College to offer a new bachelor's degree program in nursing.

Conference Held for Nursing Future (Your News Now)
Leaders of the nursing community gathered at the Susan B. Anthony House Saturday morning to discuss the future of their field.