Nursing - News December 21, 2013

Troubled times for Florida nursing schools - The Florida Times-Union

Laws passed in recent years to boost the number of nurses in Florida have resulted in more nursing education programs on probation and more nursing graduates failing the national competency examination.

In rural Wisconsin, nurses come to the farm - Bellingham Herald

Other than a quick trip in 2010 when a test during a blood donation raised a false alarm about hepatitis C, that was his last visit to a doctor.

California judge orders hospital to keep girl on life support - The Town Talk

OAKLAND, Calif. -- A 13-year-old California girl declared brain dead after complications from a tonsillectomy should be kept on life support for the time being, a judge has ruled.

Guyana trip shifts Greenfield pastor's world view - Cape Cod Times

When Dennis LeBlanc, a former minister who now directs Greenfield's Pastoral Counseling Center, was packing his bags in mid-October for three weeks in Guyana, with shorts, T-shirts and other gear for the South American country just north of the Equator, he had to remind himself that this trip wasn't a vacation.

Norfolk's James Paget University Hospital to spend A 1.3m on extra nursing staff - Evening News

A full review of nursing at the NHS trust is currently being carried out by director of nursing Liz Libiszewski who, the trust said, is looking a "innovative ways to increase availability of staff and ensure compliance with national guidelines for having the right staff in the right place at the right time".

Nursing director promoted to superintendent at Indiana Veterans' Home - Journal and Courier

The new superintendent of the Indiana Veterans' Home in West Lafayette was greeted by hollers and applause Friday morning when Jim Brown, director of Indiana Department of Veteran Affairs, announced Linda Sharp as the new leader.

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