Nursing - News May 30, 2013

MP opens new hospital assessment unit (Worcester News)
The unit will extend the existing A&E department, providing a dedicated area for patients requiring urgent surgical assessment and treatment, staffed by specialist nurses and clinicians.

Insulin in California schools: State's high court appears likely to... (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
California's largest nursing organization's courtroom bid to block public school employees from giving insulin shots to diabetic students appears to be on life support.

80 extra beds to tackle rise in patients (Doncaster Free Press)
The boss of Doncaster Royal Infirmary is giving up his office as part of a 7 million plan to boost the number of beds.

Nursing levels made public (Wigan Today)
WIGAN Infirmary is putting up signs on each ward telling patients the number of nurses on duty - so they can see when they are understaffed.

Chaminade University's nursing program gets CCNE accreditation (Business Journal)
From left: Chaminade University President Bro. Bernard Ploeger; Helen Turner, dean of Natural Sciences and Mathematics; Stephanie Genz, dean of Nursing; and Provost Larry Osborne.

Assembly approves restoring some Medi-Cal cuts (Washington Examiner)
Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature have rallied together on a bill that would prevent the state from cutting Medi-Cal payments to skilled nursing facilities by 10 percent.

East Lancashire health bosses fears over cuts to health services (Lancashire Telegraph)
The Royal College of Nursing said the number of district nurses had fallen by an 'astonishing' 42 per cent over the last decade - leading to thousands of patients spending longer than necessary in hospital.

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