Nursing - News January 23, 2014

Director of Nursing and Midwifery, Paula Shobbrook - Bournemouth Echo

A NEW weekly bulletin to update the public on improvements to quality of patient care at the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is now available.

RI medical society to propose drug database bill - Sunherald

The Providence Journal reports that doctors, nurses and other health professionals would have to register with the database when they renew their controlled substances registration, which allows them to prescribe powerful narcotics and other drugs.

Flooding cancels surgeries - The Winnipeg Free Press

ST. Boniface General Hospital has cancelled all surgical procedures for the rest of the week after a number of its operating rooms were flooded Wednesday morning.

'Missed opportunity' in boy's care - This Is Lancashire

There were "missed opportunities" in the care received by a four-year-old boy recovering from heart surgery on a controversial hospital ward, a coroner ruled today.

Union says 2000 Vic hospital beds missing - Yahoo!

More than 2000 Victorian public hospital beds have disappeared since 2011, according to the nurses' union, but the government rejects the claim.

California lawmakers propose new measures to improve conditions of assisted living centers - The Raw Story

The wide-ranging array of proposed regulations would mandate annual inspections of the facilities and increase the size of financial penalties that the state can levy for failures in care.

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