Nursing - News January 10, 2014

Health staff without flu shot risk consequences: nurses union - CBC News

The head of Alberta's nurses union says health care workers should be free to chose whether to get flu shots - but must understand there could be professional consequences to not getting immunized.

Psych hospital funds in jeopardy after inspection - Nevada Appeal

A troubled Las Vegas psychiatric hospital isn't meeting standards and could lose Medicare funding if problems aren't fixed within two weeks, federal officials said this week.

1st person to die of H5N1 flu in North American was registered nurse - The Winnipeg Free Press

The first person to die of avian flu in North America was a registered nurse in a central Alberta hospital.

UNLV's Online Nursing Program Ranks At The Top - CBS Local

UNLV's Nursing program ranked among the top 10 percent of online graduate degrees by U.S. News & World Report.

White Plains Hospital To Host Annual Nursing College And Career Day - The Greenburgh Daily Voice

This event will take place in the Hospital's Auditorium beginning with registration at 8:30 a.m., and will run from 9 a.m. to 3 PMp.m This free event is designed to give direction to high school and college-aged students who are interested in pursuing a career in Nursing, although anyone interested in a future nursing career is welcome to attend.

Echo: Lyn O'Reilly suffered the fatal infection after a bowel operation at the hospital. - Echo-news.co.uk

LOVED mother and grandmother died after doctors at Basildon Hospital failed to notice she had serious infection, an inquest has ruled.

Hospital A&E Patient Numbers On The Rise - Sky News

A&E hospital staff are struggling to cope as new figures are expected to show a spike in the number of patients seeking treatment.

Lewes Artist Abraxas Presents Sketch of Historic Beebe School of Nursing to Retiring School Director - Cape Gazette

Pictured here, left to right, are: Connie Bushey, retiring director of the Margaret H. Rollins School of Nursing at Beebe Healthcare; Lewes artist Abraxas; and Jeffrey M. Fried, FACHE, President and CEO of Beebe Healthcare.

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