Nursing - News June 19, 2013

New names, leadership for Harmony, Spring Grove nursing homes (The News-Record)
Two well-known and well-respected nursing homes in the area have new names. Harmony Community Healthcare and Tweeten Lutheran Healthcare Center of Spring Grove are now known as Gundersen Harmony Care Center and Gundersen Tweeten Care Center, respectively.

Sauk Valley partners with Saint Anthony for nursing program (Bureau County Republican)
DIXON – Local nurses next fall will have a convenient way to continue their education.

Would a part-time ER be good enough for Lake Placid? (North County Public Radio)
Legislation proposed in Albany would let Adirondack Health run a part-time emergency room in Lake Placid.

Rx for better after-hospital care, reduced readmissions (Philly)
ERIC HEIL, 30, of Plumsteadville, is co-founder, president and chief executive of RightCare Solutions Inc., a health-care tech company specializing in reducing re-admission rates.

Nurses said dead woman was sleeping (BBC News)
Two nurses who failed to give basic life support to an 81-year-old woman at Stafford Hospital, recording that she was asleep when she was actually dead, have been found guilty of misconduct.

A possible solution to help homeless kids (WTLV)
Five years ago, Darice Greene moved from Pittsburgh to Jacksonville in pursuit of a better life.

Amboy grad learned from cousina s struggle (The Daily Gazette)
Reilly Roberts plays saxophone during practice in Oregon for Thursday's SVM All-Star Classic at Sauk Valley Community College.

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