Nursing - News August 18, 2013

Deaf woman wins lawsuit against Mo. nursing school (KFVS12)
A Greene County jury has found in favor of a deaf woman who sued a Springfield nursing school that dismissed her after two semesters.

Adella Campbell's journey to a PhD in nursing (Jamaica Observer)
AFTER leaving Edwin Allen High with only one CXC subject, Adella Campbell was forced to realise her true potential and exceed all expectations to become the first unretired nurse in Jamaica to earn a PhD degree.

A push for young-old worker harmony (The News Journal)
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.

Openness at SPSCC will help heal nursing program (The Olympian)
The widespread fear of a crippling shortage of nurses that gripped the nation seven years ago drove many nursing schools, such as South Puget Sound Community College, to overreact, in some cases growing student enrolments beyond its capacity to teach.

Half of nurses verbally abused on the job (Philly)
Anyone who has been in the work world for a while knows that now and then, tempers flare and civility suffers.

SUNY Downstate Ordered To Partially Restore LICH Services (NY1)
A Brooklyn community is hailing a judge's decision that rolls back the planned closure of Long Island College Hospital, at least for now.

ObamaCare will put tattooed patients at high-risk for undiagnosed cancer (Examiner)
Amid ongoing calls to repeal ObamaCare , Dr. Glenn Kolansky , a dermatology surgeon identified people with tattoos as at high-risk for undiagnosed melanoma if the Affordable Care Act is implemented.

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