 | |  Nursing - News December 28, 2013 Anyone considering going to nursing school to become a registered nurse has surely heard the horror stories of incredibly long hours of training, mentally exhausting studies, practically impossible exams, and high student turn-over rates. Dreonna Breton was fired from her nursing job for refusing to get a flu shot. Pregnant, she was concerned for the safety of her baby. As chief financial officer for an organization that operates dialysis centers across Maryland, she expects to have some tough decisions to make about two years from now, when her industry could face crippling reductions in Medicare payments. The 60 new trainee nurses will work across all areas in hospitals and the community, supported by registered staff while developing their nursing skills. Some hospitals in the country are compelling trainee nurses to pay as high as 800 cedis for practical attachment to enable the hospitals purchase basic items such as gloves. Every parent identifies with Nailah Winkfield's desperate search for a miracle for her 13-year-old daughter, Jahi McMath, who was declared brain dead after a tonsillectomy that went horribly wrong Dec. 9. The family's pain has been all the more heart-wrenching as the tragedy unfolded over Christmas, the season of hope for so many. Vivian F. Kratz, 89, Footville, died Thursday, December 26, 2013 at St. Elizabeth Manor, Footville. A woman whose elderly mother was being treated at the Royal United Hospital was shocked to discover staff had decided she should not be revived if she lost consciousness. More Nursing News... |  | |
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