Nursing - News June 13, 2013

Reilly: Unacceptable factors led to Savita death (BreakingNews.ie)
An investigation into the death Savita Halappanavar lays bare unacceptable practices, Health Minister James Reilly has said today.

West Tenn. Healthcare Foundation commits $1 million to UTM nursing program in Parsons (The Jackson Sun)
UT Martin officials announced in May that the school's four-year bachelor of science nursing degree would be extended to the Parsons campus beginning in fall 2014.

Fifty years living with diabetes (South End Standard)
TWO people who suffer from diabetes are set to receive medals for successfully battling the condition for 50 years while living a full and active lives.

Southampton nursing students in aid mission to Ghana (Daily Echo)
But now a team of nursing students are almost ready to travel more than 4,500 miles across the world to care for people in West Africa.

Frontline nursing investment by NHS Trust (Cornish Guardian)
PATIENTS in Cornwall will benefit from better quality care following a half a million pound investment in frontline nurse staffing.

Coalition of patients, nurses lobbies for Medicaid expansion in Michigan (Daily Kos)
Health care providers and consumers alike are working hard to have their voices heard while the Michigan House considers whether to accept the federal government's offer of Medicaid expansion under Obamcare.

Anti-euthanasia doctors hostile to Quebec's assisted suicide bill (CBC News)
Dr. Gerald Van Gurp of Montreal says he will give up his palliative care practice before he will work in a system that permits medically assisted suicide.

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