Nursing - News August 17, 2013

Nurse joins Vt. Green Mountain Care Board (Tri-cityherald)
Betty Rambur, a registered nurse and professor of nursing and health policy at the University of Vermont, will fill out the term of Al Gobeille, who is replacing the departing Anya Rader Wallack as chair of the Green Mountain Care Board.

Nursing school gets $525K grant (The Modesto Bee)
The university says the 2014 Delta States Rural Development network Grant, provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration, will support efforts of the Delta Healthy Families Project.

Waupun hospital welcomes inpatient nursing director (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
Hunter began her nursing career at Divine Savior Healthcare in the Emergency Department and has advanced through various supervisory/manage ment roles since that time.

Report: La. ranks 2nd worst in nursing home care (KATC-TV Lafayette)
Louisiana nursing home care ranked second-worst in the nation, failing every staffing measure in a report by Families for Better Care, a nonprofit group whose goal is to improve long-term care.

ECCC nursing grads (Winston County Journal)
These recent graduates of East Central Community College's Practical Nursing Program received special recognition at the program's annual pinning ceremony held July 30, 2013, in the Vickers Fine Arts Center on the Decatur campus.

Man accused of nursing home sex assaults (9NEWS)
Antonio Nieto was taken into custody Thursday in connection to two sexual assaults involving female patients at Broomfield Skilled Nursing, located at 12975 Sheridan Blvd. Nieto is facing charges of sexual assault, a class 4 felony, and crimes against at-risk adults, a class 2 felony.

Extra support for East Lancashire's new junior doctors (Lancashire Telegraph)
FEELING able to ask 'silly questions' is crucial to starting any new job, but probably even more so for young doctors.

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