Nursing - News May 25, 2013

Chicago safety-net hospital lays off 68 employees (WAND-TV Decatur)
A Chicago hospital that treats a large number of uninsured patients has laid off nearly 70 employees, including emergency room nurses.

Specialized unit for older hospital patients opens under University... (Ann Arbor)
The Acute Care for Elders unit marks a full-scale collaboration between the two hospital systems and introduces southeast Michigan to an integrative model of care that is making inroads nationwide and appears to improve patient outcomes.

2013 Health Care Heroes (Business Journal)
Health Care Heroes honors companies, individuals and organizations for their contributions to improving health care in Wichita and the surrounding area.

Diabetes in California schools: State's high court to hear legal battle over insulin shots (The Campbell Reporter)
From elementary school to high school, she has been able to count on a teacher, administrator or someone else to help her son Jonathan Mahmoud with his insulin shots when no school nurse was available -- the norm in California's budget-battered education system, where there's only one nurse for every 2,200 students.

Tory minister bans nurses from meeting discussing shortage of nurses (Mirror.co.uk)
Lib Dem MP Andrew George, who set up the meeting, said Dr Poulter contacted him less than 24 hours before to say he wanted it to go ahead without the nurses.

USF College of Nursing receives $2.1 million award for cancer study (Business Journal)
The University of South Florida College Of Nursing has received $2.1 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute for a clinical trial involving cancer symptom management.

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