Nursing - News May 8, 2013

Teens help each other pay for cancer treatment (KSL-TV)
He's 13. She's 18. He's short and outgoing. She's about 6 feet tall and serious.

Study shows that bedtime regularity predicts CPAP compliance (Science, Industry and Business)
A new study suggests that regularity of bedtime prior to initiation of continuous positive airway pressure therapy is an important factor that may influence treatment compliance in adults with obstructive sleep apnea .

Concerns over Blackburn Hospital A&E department's readmission rate 'merry go round' (Burnley Citizen)
CONCERNS have been raised that 'hundreds of patients are being sent home from hospital too quickly to free up beds'. Bosses at the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hospitals have acknowledged the need for improvement and said the reasons for the high rates are being investigated.

TC Firm's Study Finds Outdated Communication Technologies Cost... (CBS Local)
A new study released Tuesday by the Traverse City-based Ponemon Institute finds that the reveals that doctors, nurses and other caregivers waste more than 45 minutes per day as a result of inefficient use of pagers and other outdated communication technologies decreases clinician productivity and increases patient discharge times, collectively ... (more)

UC Hospital Workers Authorize Union To Strike (CBS Local)
The union representing nearly 13,000 workers at University of California hospitals announced Tuesday that its members have authorized a strike amid stalled contract talks.

Nurses announce another strike against East Bay hospitals affiliated with Sutter Health (Inside Bay Area)
Hundreds of registered nurses have planned another strike against East Bay hospitals affiliated with Sutter Health -- and this time the walkout will last at least seven days.

UNC Charlotte nursing program awarded $100,000 grant (Business Journal)
The UNC Charlotte School of Nursing has received a $100,000 grant from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation to support diversity in its graduate nursing programs.

Africa is riskiest place to be born, report says (Boston)
More than 1 million babies die the day they are born every year, according to a new report released Tuesday, and the 14 countries with the highest rates of first-day deaths are all in Africa.

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