Nursing - News August 9, 2013

Patient could have been dead for two hours despite being checked every 15 minutes (The Age)
A Wellington woman could have been dead for two hours before she was found in her bed in a locked hospital ward - despite being observed every 15 minutes by nurses.

CWI Nursing program receives initial national accreditation (KIVI)
On Tuesday the College of Western Idaho Nursing program announced it was approved for initial accreditation with the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing , formerly the National League for Nursing Accreditation .

China promotes breast-feeding amid tainted milk (Myrtle Beach Online)
"I don't trust baby formula," the first-time mother said, lying in the maternity ward of Beijing's Tiantan Hospital.

China promotes breast-feeding amid tainted milk (SanLuisObispo)
"I don't trust baby formula," the first-time mother said, lying in the maternity ward of Beijing's Tiantan Hospital.

New Nursing program at Thomas Edison State College 8/8/2013 (The Times of Trenton)
Students Monica Shah of Lawrence Township, Lauren Apgar of Pennington and Dennis Malamut of Hamilton Township demonstrate the working of New Jersey's newest nursing simulation laboratory at the Cary Edwards School of Nursing, located in the Kuser Mansion Carriage House on Thursday, August 8, 2013.

18,000 cancer patient files lost (This is Guernsey)
A new poll found 11 per cent of cancer patients have their medical files lost by a doctor or nurse in hospitals each year Around 18,000 cancer patients have their medical files lost every year in hospitals, while more suffer humiliation at the hands of nurses, research suggests.

WakeMed will close their skilled nursing facility in Zebulon by the end of September. (Eastern Wake News)
WakeMed Health & Hospitals, one of the Triangle's biggest employers, plans to lay off more than 100 workers as the Raleigh-based organization faces its first financial loss in years.

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