|  The Commons at Tall Pines, an independently owned multi-level senior care center in Belfast, was very proud to learn that one of their own was awarded Director of Nursing Services of the Year - Lori Hemingway, who manages nursing services for The Commons as well as The Residence, was chosen for the honor. Hemingway has been working at The Commons for more than 15 years. - Read More Mike Knutson taught himself to play the harmonica as a child, and the 96-year-old sang with his family for most of his life. Even now, as he suffers from dementia, music is an important part of his life thanks to a study looking at the impact of a nationwide music program aimed at helping dementia patients. - Read More A man was found dead Wednesday after an explosion and fire in a travel trailer that was parked at the Holiday Marina on Lake Tawakoni near Wills Point, the Van Zandt County Fire Marshal's Office said. Fire Marshal Chuck Allen says an autopsy has been ordered on the 54-year-old man, whose name wasn't immediately released. - Read More The provincial government says nurse practitioners who wish to do so can register with the Nova Scotia Prescription Monitoring Program. The government says allowing nurse practitioners to prescribe the drugs brings them in line with their counterparts in other jurisdictions, including New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador. - Read More Kaci Hickox spoke to NBC's "Today" show and ABC's "Good Morning America" from Fort Kent, where her boyfriend is a senior nursing student. She said she has so far abided by the state's voluntary quarantine. - Read More Nursing leaders have accused health chiefs of focusing on short-term fixes after releasing figures they claim show the UK has become a net importer of nurses for the first time in eight years. The Royal College of Nursing said that the number of overseas nurses registered to work in the UK rose by 45% last year, the first time since 2005/2006 that more have arrived than have left to go and work elsewhere. - Read More Health officials said Tuesday they're prepared to legally enforce the state's "voluntary" quarantine on health care workers who've treated Ebola patients. Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew declined during a news conference to comment specifically on the case of nurse Kaci Hickox, who was confined against her will at a New Jersey hospital before traveling home to Maine. - Read More FORT KENT, Maine - A nurse who was confined against her will at a New Jersey hospital after returning from West Africa where she treated Ebola patients said Wednesday that she's prepared to go to court if the state of Maine tries to quarantine her. Kaci Hickox spoke to NBC's "Today" show and ABC's "Good Morning America" from Fort Kent, where her boyfriend is a senior nursing student. - Read More Nursing leaders have accused health chiefs of focusing on short-term fixes after releasing figures they claim show the UK has become a net importer of nurses for the first time in eight years. The Royal College of Nursing said that the number of overseas nurses registered to work in the UK rose by 45% last year, the first time since 2005/2006 that more have arrived than have left to go and work elsewhere. - Read More More Nursing News Popular News from the Topix Network Those sleeves. I can't even. Some celebs look gorgeous without their war paint...but some just don't look the same. I had no idea how tiny these guys are. You CAN travel through time. Kind of. Instagram filters are everyone's friend. | 
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