Nursing - News October 3, 2013

Legally blind Tsawwassen senior upset by night at Delta Hospital (Surrey Leader)
Tsawwassen resident Vivian Fitzpatrick, 90, was upset that she was discharged from Delta Hospital at 2 a.m. in her pajamas.

Nova Scotia acute and long-term care nurses reach deal offering wage hikes (Squamish Chief)
About 6,000 nurses in Nova Scotia have reached a two-year tentative agreement that would provide them wage increases.

Alert after increase in deaths of hip patients (Tring Today)
Watford General Hospital has 'triggered concerns' for the number of hip fracture patients who die within 30 days of being admitted.

Pace University's Accelerated Nursing Program Wins Grant For Scholarship (The Mount Pleasant Daily Voice)
Pace University's Lienhard School of Nursing, with programs in Pleasantville and New York City, has been selected for the third time as a grant recipient by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's New Careers in Nursing program.

Nurses are set to be allowed to park for free after Sutton Council bowed to pressure. (Sutton Guardian)
At tonight's Environment and Neighbourhood's Committee meeting, councillors look set to approve a six month trial to a scheme which will allow all health and social care staff to carry a free permit to park within Controlled Parking Zones .

USI Students have New Simulator to Learn Nursing (WEHT)
Students looking to become nurses and other workers in the medical field have a new tool to learn at USI.

Exeter to appear in BBC 'Unsafe Sex in the City' documentary starting tonight (Western morning News)
A BBC documentary to be screened tonight will give an eye-opening insight into what sexual health staff in Exeter deal with on a daily basis.

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