Nursing - News April 25, 2013

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 (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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