Nursing - News April 26, 2014

350,000 deaths in American hospitals due to medical errors, Sen. Barbara Boxer says - San Bernardino County Sun

With an average of 325,000 people dying in American hospitals each year from medical errors, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer released a report Friday urging California's doctors, nurses and others to increase their efforts to prevent what she noted is the third leading cause of death nationwide behind heart disease and cancer.

17 NY nursing home workers fired, face charges - WCAX-TV Burlington

Eight nurses and nine nurse's aides are charged with endangering the welfare of a nursing home patient in Buffalo.

Fla. House passes omnibus health care bill - WINK-TV Fort Myers

The Florida House on Friday passed an omnibus health bill laden with multiple provisions that would increase access to care by expanding the power of nurse practitioners and promoting the use of telemedicine.

Men living with cancer invited to special gardening group - Evesham Journal

MEN living with life-threatening conditions such as cancer are being invited to a special group helping them to relax and meet others in the same situation.

Toronto doctor reveals secrets of hospital slang - The Montreal Gazette

Dr. Brian Goldman had just finished his first exhausting night on call as a resident at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children when the senior resident asked with seemingly genuine sincerity how many patients Goldman had "boxed" that night, meaning put into a coffin.

Nurses cleared of covering up dementia patient's disappearance - Croydon Guardian

Three nurses have been cleared of letting an elderly dementia sufferer spend 12 hours alone outside overnight and covering up her disappearance.

Nurses to strike 1 day in Hazard, Beckley, W.Va. - Washington Examiner

Registered nurses are planning a one-day strike at two hospitals in Kentucky and West Virginia operated by Appalachian Regional Healthcare.

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