Nursing - News August 2, 2014

Bout with leukemia becomes nurse's life mission - Sunherald

That trip led to an unexpected and life-changing diagnosis: leukemia. "I knew God had always blessed me and I truly believed that it happened for a reason," she said.

Hospital prepared to treat Ebola patients - Click Orlando

Ebola is brutal. Those afflicted often bleed uncontrollably, vomit profusely, lose function of their kidneys and other organs, and -- in over half the cases recently in West Africa -- die.

Exotic animals help Mass. nursing home patients - Washington Times

At the Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley, it's not uncommon to see patients asleep in their wheelchairs by the saltwater-fish tank, or out for a stroll around a pasture filled with grass-grazing animals like goats and llamas.

Failure to agree on a location for talks halts negotiations between Kaiser, CNA - Business Journal

For weeks it's looked like Kaiser Permanente could be headed for a contract battle with the California Nurses Association .

160 APPEAL: Friends reward hospice for care - This is Wiltshire

TWO years after a brain tumour claimed the life of their friend and colleague, an interior design team has collected nearly A 18,500 for the hospice that cared for him when all hope of recovery was lost.

Santa Fe hospital rejects offer; contract expires - Sunherald

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the contract expired at midnight Thursday, a few hours after the hospital told the union that it was rejecting the union's last counterproposal.

UMMHC nurses protest staffing cuts with letter to CEO - Worcester Telegram & Gazette

UMass Memorial Health Care nurses ramped up their protests about staffing cuts Thursday by appealing to the hospital system's chief executive to reverse course.

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