Nursing - News September 5, 2013

Limes Blamed for Girls' Second-Degree Burns (KLAL-FM Little Rock)
Five young friends from Fresno, Calif., are nursing second-degree burns caused by a dangerous mix of two summertime staples: sun and citrus fruit.

The difficult transition between the hospital and nursing home (Kevin, M.D.)
Huge numbers of older persons transition from hospitals to the nursing home. Often, an older hospitalized patient needs skilled nursing care before they are ready to return home.

Dad walks for charity after twins die leaving only son (Oxford Mail)
THE day Cassie Arnold found out she was pregnant with three children was the same day she found out only one of them was still alive.

St. Luke's University Health Network unveils expanded rehabilitation center (WFMZ)
Officials took the wraps off the expanded Acute Rehabilitation Center at St. Luke's Hospital in the Bethlehem area on Wednesday.

Nurse charged related to former cancer clinic (KRMG-AM Tulsa)
A nurse has been charged with withholding information on a felony at a former south Mississippi cancer clinic that prosecutors accused of fraud related to chemotherapy treatments.

Calif. doctor sued for unconscious patient prank (Sunherald)
During surgery at Torrance Memorial Medical Center in 2011, Dr. Patrick Yang used stickers to give his patient a black mustache and teardrops under her left eye, and then the nurse's aide took a picture, the Los Angeles Times reported .

Nurses to HHC: Re-open N. Central Bronx maternity ward now (New York Daily News)
Bronx moms and their newborns have been getting a lower level of medical care since the closure of the delivery unit at North Central Bronx Hospital, nurses from the phased-out maternity ward charged.

Nursing school joins Veterans Affairs in partnership program to benefit nurses and veterans (State Press)
ASU's College of Nursing & Health Innovation announced their new VA Nursing Academic Partnership program.

Prospect Park West nursing home a deathtrap: suit (New York Daily News)
The Prospect Park Residence at 1 Prospect Park West is being sued by the families of four people who died there.

Inspectors slam poor care at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust (Wakefield Express)
Elderly patients suffered because there were not enough nurses to care for them on wards at Pinderfields and Dewsbury Hospitals, a report by an NHS watchdog has found.

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