Nursing - News August 5, 2013

Minnesota working to break down cultural barriers to breast-feeding (Star Tribune)
Cultural and ethnic differences pose a challenge as Minnesota works to increase the number of moms who nurse their babies.

Milton Keynes Hospital to welcome more than 100 new nursing staff (Miltonkeynes Today)
Milton Keynes Hospital is preparing to welcome more than 100 extra staff as part of a large investment in nursing care.

Top honour for dedicated Blackburn nurse (Blackburn Citizen)
Nicola Nuttall, a nurse team leader from Blackburn, began her training at the East Lancashire College of Nursing at the age of 18. She currently works at the health centre in Barbara Castle Way, within the Integrated Diabetes Service for Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust.

NSU tries to get nursing program back on track after enrollment freeze (The Virginian-Pilot)
Norfolk State University students prepare to receive their diplomas in a ceremony held at The Norfolk Scope on Saturday, May 4, 2013.

A Camp with Heart (KSDK-TV Saint Louis)
Out here, there is only one thing more soothing than the sounds of nature and that's the sound of children having fun.

Newnan's Jean Thomas still nursing after half a century (The Times-Herald)
Imagine rising early in the morning and making rounds at a hospital. Imagine going for 10 hours checking on patients, moving people in and out of surgery, giving out medications where needed, and on top of all of that, being called into surgery at any time of night.

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