Nursing - News August 6, 2013

Self-monitoring blood pressure appears to improve results (WOIO)
And if you have a clinician's help in monitoring your blood pressure, you'll likely do even better, at least in the short term, according to the study, which was published Aug. 6 in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine .

Vallerand Gets Inaugural WSU College of Nursing Alumni Endowed Professorship (CBS Local)
Professor April Vallerand has been appointed to the first Wayne State University College of Nursing Alumni Endowed Professorship.

Breast-feeding program at Saint Thomas yields soaring rate of nursing infants (The Tennessean)
Less than half of mothers of newborns at Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital exclusively breast-fed their babies a year ago, but now 83 percent are nursing their infants without supplementing with formula.

Gila Regional Medical Center Chief Nursing Officer resigns (Silver City Sun-News)
Pam Fulks, Chief Nursing Officer/Chief Operating Officer at Gila Regional Medical Center, has announced her resignation effective Oct. 4. She is the fourth member of the hospital's four-member management team who have resigned in the wake of reported financial problems, cutbacks and low morale at the hospital.

'Don't tarnish staff' warning over East Lancashire hospitals review (Lancashire Telegraph)
AN MP says the government should learn from the Keogh review into hospitals and not use it to 'tarnish' staff.

Union backs Mass. vote on nurse staffing levels (Berkshire Eagle)
A union representing Massachusetts nurses is pushing a ballot initiative designed to set limits on the number of patients that can be assigned to a nurse at any one time.

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