|  Winifred Chinery, governance facilitator for theatres at Southend Hospital , has been shortlisted in the Nurse Leader of the Year category at the Nursing Times' Awards. Winifred, or Win as she is known, has been at the hospital for 32 years, and in her current role for 18. But this is the first year she has been nominated for the national gong - which is judged by chief nursing officers. Spending on nursing care and continuing care retirement communities is expected to roughly keep pace with total U.S. healthcare spending during the next decade, according to a government report released Wednesday. Spending on nursing homes and CCRCs is anticipated to increase from about $160 billion in 2014 to about $270 billion in 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of the Actuary calculated in its latest annual "National Health Expenditures Projections" report . Workers wait to spray disinfectant on medical staff after they treat Ebola patients at a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders, in Monrovia, Liberia. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption Workers wait to spray disinfectant on medical staff after they treat Ebola patients at a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders, in Monrovia, Liberia. A Chicago hospital is serving as a training ground for Navy doctors, nurses and medics who need experience treating combat wounds. The program launched this past spring sends Navy medical teams on rotations through Stroger's trauma unit. The American comedian suffered a heart attack in a doctor's surgery last Thursday and was admitted to the Mount Sinai Hospital. Her daughter Melissa said in a statement: " It is with great sadness that I announce the death of my mother, Joan Rivers. Louisville-based post-acute-care giant Kindred Healthcare Inc. has appointed Tammy Barker as senior vice president of clinical and residential services in its nursing center division, according to a news release. She started earlier this week. A NEW rapid response scheme to boost treatment and cut the number of patients filling hospital beds has been hailed a success by health chiefs. For the last month, people have been visited in their own homes by rapid response nurses who decide if patients need hospital care. More Nursing News Popular News from the Topix Network This prank would get me. Would it get you? I don't understand. Neither do they. OMG. I am dying. The couple that dresses together, IMPRESSES together. Someone was expected to eat these. These are edible. | 
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