Nursing - News October 20, 2013

Hastings program offers on-the-job learning - SFGate

An alternative on-the-job learning program is teaching students with learning disabilities new ways to excel in the workforce.

Navigators help get Native Americans insurance - Tri-cityherald

American Indians are exempt from the Affordable Care Act's requirement that people carry insurance, but the law opens up resources that for years have been limited through IHS, said Jerilyn Church, executive director of the South Dakota-based Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Health Board.

Actress Sophie Ward becomes patron of Redditch nursing charity - Redditch Advertiser

Actress Sophie Ward at the wreath-laying ceremony in London with nurses Gayle McDonnell and Shirley Turrell from the Royal London Hospital in traditional uniform TV favourite Sophie Ward has become patron of a Redditch nursing charity following her own experiences of the profession in both her personal and working life.

Cognitive behavioral therapy 'effective' for health anxiety - MediLexicon

New research suggests that cognitive behavioral therapy is more effective at reducing health anxiety in medical patients, compared with standard care.

Need motivation? Therea s an app for that - USA Today

Tim Davis wears his FitBit, green, and Nike FuelBand, black, devices he uses to track his physical activity and habits.

Brokers: Buyers interested in Suffolk's Foley nursing site - Newsday

Brokers for Suffolk County's John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility say the property has received expressions of interest from more than 35 potential buyers.

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