Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Nursing - News July 31, 2013

Feedback from patient survey (Doncaster Free Press)
The first results from a new test asking patients if they would recommend Doncaster and Bassetlaw's hospitals to loved ones are out.

Major shake-up for scandal hospital (Bicester Advertiser)
A scandal-hit hospital should be stripped of key services and the trust that runs it dissolved, administrators have recommended.

High Court quashes Health Secretary's 'unlawful' downgrade for Lewisham hospital (The Independent)
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Glaxo case shines light on China's medical bribery (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Patients receive medical treatment at a hospital in Beijing, China Wednesday, July 31, 2013.

Rutgers-Camden blazes trails in nursing education (Philly)
The Rutgers School of Nursing-Camden, open since 2010, is expanding into a new building, creating a wound ostomy certificate program that grants graduate credit and starting a new graduate degree program: the doctor of nursing practice.

SHORTAGE: Hospitals like the Royal Gwent need more nurses (Campaignseries.co.uk)
THE equivalent of 56 full-time registered nursing posts need to be created in Gwent hospitals to meet all-Wales staffing guidelines.

Creekwood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (News Democrat)
Logan County is fortunate to have two nursing facilities for long and short-term care.

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

(6 stories) Stafford nurses guilty of misconduct

Nursing - News July 30, 2013

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Stafford nurses guilty of misconduct (BBC News)
Two nurses who failed to spot a patient who died at Stafford Hospital was diabetic have been found guilty of misconduct.

More (WRIC-TV Richmond)
Virginia Commonwealth University is expanding a pilot program that helps underserved older adults better manage chronic health conditions and coordinate their care.

Hospital Closures Create Long ER Wait Times (WLTI-FM Syracuse)
A nurse at New York Methodist Hospital has been slammed at every shift she's worked since Long Island College Hospital, two miles away, stopped accepting ambulances.

Duckworth earns certification in Executive Nursing Practice (Richmond County Daily Journal)
Allison Duckworth, R.N., has earned the designation of Certified in Executive Nursing Practice from the American Organization of Nurse Executives.

Sioux City woman gives birth to quintuplets (KSFY)
A Sioux City woman has given birth to quintuplets at an Omaha hospital. Bianca Garcia had a Caesarean section Thursday, and on Monday the four girls and one boy were under close watch in the neonatal intensive care unit at Methodist Women's Hospital.

Rushed nurses 'have to ration care' (Hampshire Chronicle)
Hospital nurses are being forced to "ration care" because they do not have enough time to properly look after patients, a new study suggests.

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