Nursing - News June 11, 2013

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.

Rollins School of Nursing at Beebe graduates class of 2013 (Cape Gazette)
The graduating class of 2013 included, in the back row, Class Advisor Karen Pickard, Tre Zuniga, Jay Wingate, Danielle Kell, Andrew Hudson, Kyle Perry, Eric Lehr, Christopher Helminiak; second row, Amy Willey, Ashley Istenes, Amy Cosgrove, Briana Lewis, Jessinae Masanque, Julie Short; front row, commencement speaker Ralph Williams, Melissa Werner, ... (more)

NY bill would mandate hospital nurse staffing (WNYT NewsChannel 13)
A bill to mandate minimum nursing staffing at New York's 185 acute care hospitals has begun advancing in the state Assembly while gathering two-dozen bipartisan sponsors in the Senate led by the Health Committee chairman.

Nurse cleared of charges (Sheffield Star)
An agency nurse who allowed a reclusive mental health patient from Sheffield to try to give her 6,000 from her bank account has escaped punishment.

New Nurses Graduate with Lessons on Leadership (Newswise)
Fourteen Drexel students will graduate this month with bachelor's degrees in nursing - plus a little something extra.

Nurse from Bay earns Australian royal honour (Hawkes Bay Today)
Porangahau nurse and midwife Andrew Cameron has been awarded the medal of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday list for services to nursing.

Walker County commissioner discusses Fort Oglethorpe hospital,... (Walker County Messenger)
During her public meeting Thursday, June 6, Walker County commissioner Bebe Heiskell addressed the concerns of a number of employees of Hutcheson Medical Center and provided a summary of the county's efforts to move the hospital forward over the past few years.

NHC plans $20M skilled-nursing facility in Hermitage (Business Journal)
National HealthCare Corp. plans to file a certificate of need with the Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency this week to build a $20 million, 90-bed skilled nursing facility in Hermitage.

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