Nursing - News June 12, 2013

HVHS nurses taking strike vote (Business Journal)
More than 500 registered nurses at Heritage Valley Health System were scheduled to take a strike vote Wednesday, about two weeks before the expiration of their labor contract.

We bring the hospice into patients' homes (Echo-news.co.uk)
ST Luke's Hospice is celebrating a decade of taking its services out to people's homes when they need them most.

sophia1980 updated Hundreds of people visited the Colston Hall this... (Yate People)
Hundreds of people visited the Colston Hall this weekend to celebrate an amazing 35 years of care at St Peter's Hospice.

Sisters stick together, make nursing second career (Pensacola News Journal)
Sisters Julia Bell, Linda Heaviland and Diana Hultberg get together frequently for family cookouts.

Royal College of Nursing 'not surprised' by investigation into A&E waiting times (Daily Echo)
The launch of an investigation into accident and emergency waiting times at a Southampton hospital has "not surprised" the Royal College of Nursing .

Minority teens get close look at nursing school (KSLA-TV Shreveport)
The junior and senior high school students are participating in the 3-day Future Nurses Institute, which winds up Wednesday at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Nursing.

Film programme: Doctors and Nurses (Scoop)
Listing details: Doctors and Nurses screening programme When: 7pm, Wednesday through Saturday, 19 - 22 June Where: The New Zealand Film Archive, 84 Taranaki St, Wellington Ticket price: $8 public / $6 concession A fascinating film programme that looks back on attitudes towards health and medicine across the twentieth century.

Commissioners consider selling Franklin County nursing home (Chambersburg Public Opinion)
The Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, built in 1970, could bring up to $10 million.

Edgerton Hospital hires Studer Group to improve operations, staff communication (The Janesville Gazette)
Along with family members, you'll be crowded around by nurses, doctors, pharmacists, therapists and dieticians who'll gather collectively in your room to discuss your care and progress.

Interpreters ease the concerns of non-English speaking families at Children's Hospital (WATE-TV Knoxville)
It's scary enough as a parent if your child has to be hospitalized, but imagine not being able to understand the doctors and nurses because you speak a different language.

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