Nursing - News August 2, 2013

New Survey ranks 22 Maryland nursing homes in bottom 10 percent (Examiner)
The results of the 2012 nursing home family satisfaction surveys are in for nursing homes in Maryland with 22 nursing homes falling into the bottom 10 percent.

Oregon baby recovering from rare botulism case (WCNC-TV Charlotte)
Dr. James Lindsay said 6-month-old Josiah Ferguson is only the second baby he has treated for that disease that in his 16 years at Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel.

UNCW offers high-demand nursing and education programs online (WECT-TV Wilmington)
WILMINGTON, NC UNCW will begin offering two of its nursing and education programs online with carousel enrollment in the coming months.

Director of Nursing Services (DON) Job (Monster)
Directs the Nursing Department to maintain quality standards of care in accordance with current Federal, State and HCR ManorCare standards, guidelines and regulations.

Two off-duty nurses help man struck by vehicle (Click2Houston)
Their job is to provide care and comfort to patients recovering in the hospital.

Compassion must be the key for end-of-life care (Evesham Journal)
Mark Jackson, chief executive of St Richard's Hospice, believes the scrapping of the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway must lead to a "compassionate culture of care" where patients are treated as individuals by fully trained staff.

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