Nursing - News August 13, 2013

A push for harmony among workers, young and old (Star-Telegram)
There's a sense of urgency to the quest for workplace harmony, as baby boomers delay retirement and work side-by-side with people young enough to be their children - or grandchildren.

Great nursing graduates make Brookes so proud (This is Oxfordshire)
Sometimes it can be hard to keep up with it all and, unless you have direct experience of local health services, even harder to judge the quality of care that may be available to you should you need it.

Kathleen Schusler nursing scholarships awarded (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Courtesy photo Front row from left: Rachel Porter, MA, Core Rheumatology; Marcia Sinclair, RN, Center for Reproductive Care, Exeter Hospital; Frannie Chambers, MA, Core General Surgery; Barbara Meserve, RN, Manager, COEH, Exeter Hospital ; Alice Anderson, RN, ED, Exeter Hospital.

Marin parents of diabetic children welcome court ruling allowing school employees to give shots (Marin Independent Journal)
The California Supreme Court has ruled unanimously on Monday that school employees can administer insulin shots to diabetic students if a nurse is not available.

First Phoenix campus students graduate from UA Nursing program (KOLD-TV Tucson)
The University of Arizona has awarded a Master of Science degree for Entry to the Profession of Nursing to 16 students, making them the first to receive such degree from The University of Arizona College of Nursing at the Phoenix campus.

Instructor shoots student in Ohio gun safety class (The Daily Record)
The Columbus Dispatch reports 73-year-old Terry J. Dunlap Sr. was demonstrating a handgun at a training facility on Saturday when he fired a bullet that ricocheted off a desk and into the right arm of 26-year-old Michael Piemonte.

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