Nursing - News September 6, 2013

Midwife on a mission to Sudan (Swindon Advertiser)
SWINDON midwife Becky Millar has flown out to South Sudan to spend a month helping in a country that has one of the highest death rates among new born babies and mothers in the world.

Fred Perner, CEO of Boulder's Encision, dies of heart attack (Denver Post)
Fred F. Perner, chief executive officer of Boulder-based surgical device company Encision Inc., died on Aug. 31 of an apparent heart attack, officials for the surgical device maker announced this week.

MP tastes life on the frontline at busy borough hospital (Stourbridgenews.co.uk)
Margot James MP with director of nursing Denise McMahon and Sara Davies, lead nurse on ward C8 acute medical.

'We hang our head in shame' (Banburycake.co.uk)
HEALTH bosses say they "hang their heads in shame" at the county's "unacceptable" bed-blocking figures but have launched a A 10m bid to tackle the problem.

Basildon Hospital rated ninth best in country for its cancer care (Echo-news.co.uk)
Macmillan Cancer Support used research compiled by the NHS to create a league table of hospital performance in England.

Nurses set to face three-year checks (BBC News)
Nurses and midwives in the UK look set to face three-yearly checks from the end of 2015 under proposals being put forward.

Breastfeeding moms: Tips for long-term success (The ReView of Jones County)
No one argues the benefits of breastfeeding 77 percent of babies start out being breastfed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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