Nursing - News April 3, 2013

Lincoln Nursing Home Treats Room for Bedbugs (KOLN-TV Lincoln)
Jennifer Knecht is director of marketing for Tabitha, which offers a variety of at-home, residential and health care services to senior citizens.

Taming Medicare costs: What are the options? (WFIE-TV Evansville)
For a quick glimpse of America's health-care challenge, consider this: The nation spent $8,233 per person on medical care in 2010 more than twice the average of other advanced economies, including Germany, Britain, Canada, and Japan.

Lancashire misconduct charges nursing boss is struck off (Blackburn Citizen)
A disciplinary hearing found Scott Finlay Knowles asked a female nurse what her favourite sexual position was while he worked as a care co-ordinator at Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust.

UT launches Tennessee Nursing Institute (WMC-TV Memphis)
The University of Tennessee College of Nursing is launching a new institute that aims to help nurses develop the necessary skills to promote high-quality patient-centered care in the Volunteer State.

Medication Duloxetine Helps Reduce Pain From Chemotherapy (Health News Digest)
Among patients with painful chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, use of the anti-depressant drug duloxetine for 5 weeks resulted in a greater reduction in pain compared with placebo, according to a study in the April 3 issue of JAMA.

$300,000 endowment given to INTEGRIS (KTEN-TV Denison)
A Wisconsin couple is bequeathing $300,000 to INTEGRIS Southwest Medical Center for nursing and physician education in the name of their late son.

CRMC Begins Program to Honor Nurses (KGWN)
Cheyenne, WY - Cheyenne Regional Medical Center has launched The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, an international program that recognizes the extraordinary skill and compassion that direct care nurses bring to patients and families.

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