Nursing - News May 23, 2013

Tornado birth: Mom endures labor as twister destroys hospital (Bradford Today)
When a devastating tornado touched down in Moore, Okla., on Monday afternoon, Shayla Taylor was on the upper floor of the local hospital, in active labor with her second child.As the floor shook ?like an earthquake' beneath her and ceiling tiles and insulation fell overhead, the 25-year-old huddled with four nurses, braving both the peak ... (more)

Nurses go on strike at two San Jose hospitals (Inside Bay Area)
Hundreds of registered nurses moved from patient bedsides to the streets on Thursday morning to begin a strike against two San Jose hospitals affiliated with the Hospital Corporation of America.

UMass Memorial, nurses, reach contract deal (CBS 3 Springfield)
UMass Memorial Medical Center and the union representing 1,100 nurses have reached a tentative contract agreement that staves off a scheduled strike.

Oklahoma tornado: Shayla Taylor relives giving birth as twister destroyed hospital around her (Daily Mail)
'All of a sudden I could see daylight and the wall was gone': Mother relives giving birth as twister destroyed hospital around her Shayla Taylor, 25, was in the middle of labor on the upper floor of Moore Medical Center delivering her second child when the monstrous storm directly hit She was forced to brave both the peak contractions of childbirth ... (more)

UC hospitals face second day of worker walkout (KFMB-TV San Diego)
Workers at University of California hospitals around the state are picketing for a second day over staffing and pension issues.

Nurses Kym Owen, Louise Henderson, Barbara Vacher and Anne-Marie Hammond with patient Eleni Robb. (Enfield Independent)
Nursing heroes were showered with flowers, tea and cake as a special thank you for the work they do caring for terminally ill patients in Barnet and Enfield.

One in five nursing home residents malnourished, study finds (Canberra Times)
And symptoms of malnutrition are frequently confused for natural signs of ageing, according to the report by a Canberra academic.

Oklahoma man with Pocono ties tells how he fled from tornado (Pocono Record)
Andy Georgalas was watching live tornado coverage from his Moore, Okla., home when he realized that the destructive funnel cloud on television was spinning his way.

Community nursing service under fire (BBC News)
The Royal College of Nursing and Queen's Nursing Institute say the situation is adding to the pressure on hospitals.

Nursing school to close (Business Journal)
The nonprofit organization opened the school in 2010 and graduated 40 students, largely to supply licensed practical nurses to its group of nursing homes.

Hospital criticised over death (Bay of Plenty Times)
A raft of mistakes at Tauranga Hospital led to the misdiagnosis of a patient who later died, the Health and Disability Commissioner has found.

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