Nursing - News July 14, 2013

Introducing the new school nurses (St. Augustine Record)
Once medical care in schools had to do with "bandaging scraped knees, stomach aches, fevers and the occasional oral medication," said Melissa Petty, a registered nurse who is Health Services coordinator for the St. Johns County School District.

Number of male nurses showing slow, steady rise (The Macon Telegraph)
Marquart, a senior at Belmont University, dabbled in history, education and construction before finding what he was meant to do in the nursing program.

City nursing home among worst in nation (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
The water was too hot, or it would be so cold that one resident described taking a shower as "polar dipping."

Gadgets look after seniors (Monterey County Herald)
It could mean no more having to check up on Mom or Dad every morning: Motion sensors on the wall and a monitor under the mattress one day might automatically alert you to early signs of trouble well before an elderly loved one gets sick or suffers a fall.

Vermont adjusts to new way of dying (Hometown Life)
Dr. Diana Barnard recalls a patient of hers, a woman who was dying from a progressive disease.

Nursing homes temper their reliance on drugs (NorthJersey)
Josephine Chalupa, a resident of Buckingham at Norwood Care & Rehabilitation Center, using an iPad on Wednesday with help from care technician and music specialist Joe Calderon.

Girl who survived Taliban attack celebrates 16th birthday with UN speech (13WHAM)
In this handout image supplied by Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Malala Yousafzai says goodbye to nurses as she leaves the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on January 04, 2013 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

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