Nursing - News July 29, 2013

Sex after heart attack? Docs urged to give advice (Turnto10)
Many heart specialists are hardly Dr. Ruth - sex is not something they relish bringing up with patients.

Rocky Mount Nursing Aide's License Suspended (WSET-TV Lynchburg)
A nursing aide in Rocky Mount is in trouble after state officials say she was responsible for two incidents involving runaway wheelchairs.

Va aide license suspended for wheelchair incidents (WSET-TV Lynchburg)
An order from the Virginia Board of Nursing says Shanice Terry left two residents who use wheelchairs unattended on a porch at Trinity Mission in Rocky Mount.

Local nursing home is acquired (Journalgazette)
The deal includes Regency Place of Fort Wayne, a 53,440-square-foot nursing home at 6006 Brandy Chase Cove.

Colette Handsley started her nursing career as a cadet in 1976. (This is Derbyshire)
Derbyshire Healthcare said three years later, aged 21, she started working for elderly services as the "youngest ward sister in the country".

Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo helps train interns through county program (Inside Bay Area)
"I run blood specimens and prepare them and send them on for analysis," the 18-year-old De Anza High School senior said, ending his sentence with a smile as broad and white as his lab coat.

Toddler's fight for life inspires mom (The Gaston Gazette)
Now the toddler's mom is lending the little girl's name to a toy drive she hopes will offer other children the same kind of joy.

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