Nursing - News September 3, 2013

Beebe congratulates 2012 RN residents on completion of their first year as nurses (Cape Gazette)
Shown are Beebe Medical Center employees Steve Rhone, RN, BSN, MS, NE-BC, vice president, Patient Care Services; Jennifer Hargreaves, RN, clinical education specialist; Lydia Manu, RN, resident in third floor Medical-Surgical Unit; Elizabeth Theil, RN, resident in the Women's Health Pavillion; Chelsea Reed, RN, resident in the Progressive Care ... (more)

East Lancashire health bosses to recruit European nurses due to shortage of British nurses (Chorley Citizen)
BOSSES will look to recruit more European staff to the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hospitals, in a bid to head off a shortage of British nurses.

UHS-Pruitt Corp. opens $22M Athens rehab, nursing facility (Business Journal)
Norcross-based UHS-Pruitt Corp has opened a $22 million skilled nursing and rehabilitation center in Athens.

Mobile phone app designed to help identify heart attacks could give new hope to victims (The Daily Record)
She's never been shy about her use of cosmetic surgery, once confessing: "Yes, I have had a facelift, but who hasn't?" KEITH says Neil Lennon shouldn't expose himself to phone-ins, the internet or morning papers if he can't handle what is spoken or being written.

Health Care Heroes: Dedicated to better access, higher quality and innovation (Knoxville News Sentinel)
Dr. Nan Gaylord raises money, trains nurses and directs a staff to keep open the doors of a Knox County health clinic where thousands of schoolchildren are treated each year.

Nicola Valley nurses challenged by overcapacity (Merritt Herald)
"They're often running with a couple of extra beds [more] than they're funded for," B.C. Nurses' Union president Debra McPherson said during a stop in Merritt on Aug. 23. "That's an issue, especially if they don't get additional staff to help deal with the work load," she said.

Boy With Rare Brain Tumor Beats All Odds After Given a Year to Live (KLAL-FM Little Rock)
When Daniel Biljanoski was 12 years old, he had a cancerous brain tumor the size of a goose egg removed from his head.

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