Nursing - News December 10, 2013

Hospital surveys help improve patient experience - The Tribune

TV commercials and billboards are part of how local hospitals work to attract patients, but the facilities also are striving to bring back the patients who gave them a try.

Cathie Anderson: Decade striving for Baldrige Award was the reward for Sutter Davis Hospital - Sacramento Bee Newspaper

When Janet Wagner and the roughly 400 employees of Sutter Davis Hospital set out to win the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 2003, they could not have known the award was not the reward.

Exercises helpful for people with dementia: study - Times of Oman

Regular exercise can help people with dementia think a little more clearly, and care for themselves a bit more, a new study finds.

Locked-out hospital workers lose health coverage - Sunherald

The Day of New London reports that a state Department of Labor spokeswoman says the hospital is self-insured and does not have to provide 20 days' notice before dropping coverage.

Hospital to have 'super inspection' in February - Oxford Mail

A TEAM of up to 25 inspectors, including doctors and nurses, will descend on Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital for an inspection.

Auditor to report on autism services, private schools, Ontario Northland - Prince Albert Daily Herald

Ontario's auditor general focuses on services in health care, education and energy in her annual report on the provincial government to be released later today.

License Professional Nursing (LPN/LVN) Fast Track Program at Richard Medical Academy - PR-inside

The program begins in January 2014 to train professional nurses with devotion to healthcare.

Hospital blunders led to girl's death - Echo-news.co.uk

Shortages of senior medics, delays, and out-of-date medicines meant the trust was unable to stop epileptic Arina Durbazeva fitting before she suffered a heart attack, Chelmsford Coroners' Court heard.

Nan Inc. gives $1M to St. Francis for skilled nursing facility - Business Journal

The Honolulu-based construction firm Nan Inc. recently gave $1 million to the St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii to support the planned Clarence T.C. Ching Skilled Nursing Facility on the former Hawaii Medical Center East campus.

French Hospital Receives Full-Body Pregnancy Simulator to Assist with Training - Noozhawk

Coco, a lifelike full-body manikin that simulates pregnancy, will provide realistic, risk-free experience to the staff at French Hospital Medical Center.

LMU School of Nursing will hold winter convocation - Knoxville News Sentinel

This story is contributed by a member of the Knoxville community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Knoxville News Sentinel Lincoln Memorial University's Caylor School of Nursing will hold its winter Convocation Ceremony Dec. 12 at the Tex Turner Arena on the LMU main campus in Harrogate, Tenn.

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