Nursing - News August 14, 2013

Lebanon nursing student wins scholarship (The Tennessean)
Katie Atwood of Lebanon has been named the recipient of the JB and Jo Doris Leftwich scholarship.

Nurses striving to brighten up ward (Evesham Journal)
Staff on the Riverbank children's ward, at Worcester-shire Royal Hospital, want to refurbish a 'young people's room' in a bid to make time spent at the Worcester facility more enjoyable.

Sacked East Lancashire nurse can still work (Blackburn Citizen)
A NURSE who was cleared of leaving seriously ill babies wearing soiled nappies and covered in vomit can continue working, a panel has ruled.

UNCW nursing school to expand course offerings (Sunherald)
A statement from the school says the effort is the result of an innovative venture with Academic Partnerships.

UNM partners with VA on nursing program (Carlsbad Current-Argus)
The University of New Mexico's College of Nursing has been selected as one of six schools to participate in the Veterans Affairs Nursing Academy Partnership.

Capitol Alert: California nurse practitioner bill moves on with major changes (Sacramento Bee Newspaper)
A watered-down bill allowing nurse practitioners to operate independently of physicians passed during reconsideration in an Assembly committee Tuesday after failing to earn enough votes last week.

Casey on the mend (Amherst Daily News)
The 68-year-old former Conservative and Independent MP for Cumberland Colchester Musquodoboit Valley is out of the hospital after suffering two heart attacks within hours at his cottage near Tidnish earlier this month.

U. of Okla. signs over ownership of Nigh Center (KTUL-TV Tulsa)
University of Oklahoma President David Boren has signed over ownership of the George Nigh Rehabilitation Center to the Muscogee Nation.

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