Nursing - News July 16, 2013

Nelson Mandela's Illness Puts Spotlight on Palliative Care (WTMA-AM North Charleston)
Ailing human rights icon Nelson Mandela's ill health and repeated hospital stays have put the spotlight on palliative care, a growing branch of medicine that provides seriously ill patients with relief from the symptoms, pain and the stress of sickness.

Video: 'Hit squad' to be sent to East Lancashire Hospitals following... (Burnley Citizen)
Video: 'Hit squad' to be sent to East Lancashire Hospitals following publication of death rates report External teams are to be sent into 11 hospitals identified by Sir Bruce Keogh as having "fundamental breaches of care", Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said today.

Hospitals 'must review staff level' (Witney Gazette)
Hospitals investigated for having higher-than-expected death rates will be ordered to undertake an urgent review of their staffing levels, reports suggest.

Charity shop cash helps to pay for vital research work (Bicester Advertiser)
ALMOST A 300,000 was raised to pay for lifesaving equipment, vital research and six nurses by British Heart Foundation shops in Oxfordshire last year.

C. Rhadine Ross (Weirton Daily Times)
She was born May 5, 1934, in Glenville, WV. She was the daughter of the late Russell and Marie Bourne Reed.

Endurance ride to test woman - for a cause (Paradise Post)
Jayamae Gregory, 31, and her 13-year-old Missouri fox trotter Asali will compete in the Tevis Cup, a 24-hour, 100-mile endurance horseback ride between Incline Village, Nev., and Auburn.

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