Nursing - News October 8, 2013

Health Minister apologises to junior nurses (GhanaWeb)
Minister of Health Sherry Hanny Ayittey has rendered an unqualified apology to junior nurses of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for the failure of management of the Hospital to pay them their allowances and salaries.

Hospital staff have flu jab as part of new campaign (Gazette-news.co.uk)
More than 1,000 members of staff at Colchester's hospitals have had the flu jab as part of the NHS's latest campaign.

Nursing Students Treat Patients at Honduras Clinic (13WMAZ)
That's the challenge for a group from Georgia College that will soon leave their homes for a remote region of Honduras.

Nurses advised to embrace specialization (GhanaWeb)
Dr Robert Kuganab-Lem, Head of Department, School of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences of the University for Development Studies has advised nurses to assess their strengths and specialize in meaningful areas in the medical field.

Improvement project continues at Tulare Nursing & Rehabilitation (Visalia Times-Delta)
A remodeling project will bring improvements to all resident rooms and the main entrance at Tulare Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.

NHS trust commended for supporting doctors and nurses (Driffield Today)
An NHS Trust has been highly commended for its work in supporting doctors and nurses to drive improvements in patient care.

Re: Black Nurse Who Was Told By Racist To Not Touch Baby Settles Lawsuit (NewsOne)
Tonya Battle , an African-American nurse at the Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Mich., settled a lawsuit with the hospital, after administrators allowed a racist to stop her, and other Black nurses, from providing care, according to MyFoxDetroit .

Researchers test biofeedback device in lowering grandmothers' stress (Science Daily)
According to U. S. Census data, the number of children living with their grandparents has increased 64 percent in the past 20 years.

HU nursing school awarded $1.3M grant | Education Notebook (Hampton Roads Daily Press)
The Hampton University School of Nursing was awarded a $1.3 million grant to increase veterans' enrollment and graduation from the school, the university recently announced.

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