Nursing - News February 26, 2014

One Last Journey For Organ Donors Speeds Transplants - GPB

If Dr. Majella Doyle is your surgeon, it means that something very bad or very good has just happened to you.

Stigma of mental illness remains barrier to treatment - KFMB-TV San Diego

Getting the seasonal flu shot could provide a bonus: It might also significantly reduce your risk of stroke, a new study suggests.

Under pressure hospitals across Cambridgeshire issue urgent warning... - Wisbech Standard

People considering making a hospital visit are being asked to "consider whether their illness or ailment is really an emergency before they seek treatment at accident and emergency departments".

Nurses claim Iowa health chain blacklisted them - The Modesto Bee

The lawsuit was filed in Dubuque County this week on behalf of former Finley Hospital nurses Lisa Flanagan and Ellen Rath.

NURSES with degrees can reduce the number of hospital deaths, a Southampton study has revealed. - Daily Echo

Research has found that hospital nurse staffing and the number of nurses with degrees all have a significant impact on the number of patient deaths after routine surgery.

Nurse cuts 'linked to death rates' - Bicester Advertiser

A 10% increase in the proportion of nurses holding a bachelor degree was associated with 7% lower surgical death rates Every extra patient added to a nurse's workload increases the risk of death within a month of surgery by 7%, according to data from 300 European hospitals in nine countries.

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