Nursing - News September 26, 2013

Parents of baby who had three heart attacks to raise cash for unit at Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, which saved her life (This Is Leicestershire)
The parents of a baby who had three heart attacks, a stroke and 'died' for four and a half minutes have praised the doctors who saved her life.

Plea to patients as A&E comes under pressure (Droitwich Advertiser)
PATIENTS are being told to stay away from Worcester's under-pressure A&E department unless they have a serious or life-threatening condition.

NHS trust which runs Basingstoke hospital has developed specialist advanced practitioner role (Basingstoke Gazette)
THE NHS trust which runs Basingstoke hospital has become the first in the region to develop specialist advanced practitioner roles in critical care.

UA nursing program in Phoenix is quicker road to master's (The Arizona Republic)
Watching nurses care for her father after he had a stroke compelled Jessy Bellerose to rethink her career after 10 years as a elementary-school teacher.

Grants let docs upgrade offices (Daily Record)
Last of four parts in a series covering Obamacare in NJ. In a nondescript office park in Manalapan, Dr. Marc Feingold added computers to his newly acquired practice, where he decided they would help him track the progress of patients' health.

Nursing home staff cuts raise fears (NEWS.au)
Kirrily Hayward, 25, has spina bifida and fears nursing cuts will reduce the quality and quantity of care she and other patients receive.

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