NHS workers including nurses and midwives to strike again next month over pay (6 stories)

	Nursing News - October 31, 2014 NHS workers including nurses and midwives to strike again next month over pay A total of 11 trade unions representing health staff including nurses and midwives will stage a four-hour stoppage on the morning of Monday, November 24. Chair of NHS trade unions Christina McAnea said: "The next set of industrial action will be even stronger as more unions are joining in. "Health workers care for patients and their families every day of the year often when they are at their most vulnerable or distressed. - Read More AU School of Nursing simulate treatment of patient with Ebola, other infectious diseases Auburn University students, dressed in full protective gear, enter the staged hospital room of 9-year-old chronically ill Jason. Jason has cystic fibrosis and is suffering from resistant pneumonia. - Read More Lawsuit: Surgical Gowns Let Diseases Pass Through A lawsuit says Kimberly-Clark Corp. falsely claimed its surgical gowns met the highest standards for protecting against Ebola and other infectious diseases. Lead attorney Michael Avenatti says the Texas hospital where two nurses contracted Ebola used to stock the gowns but it's not clear if the nurses had used them. - Read More Ebola response: National, Calif. nurses unions to strike for better training, protection RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of the California Nurses Association. National Nurses United and the California Nurses Association are planning a "national day of action" on Nov. 12 to protest how hospitals are preparing for Ebola cases. - Read More Care nurse allowed to work after shouting at dementia patient A CRITICAL care nurse has been allowed to continue working after admitting she 'let herself down' by shouting at a dementia patient. A misconduct panel convened by the Nursing and Midwifery Council found that Joanne Edmundson's actions did not impair her 'fitness to practise' as a nurse at the Royal Blackburn Hospital . - Read More Doctors say Ebola false alarms could clog emergency rooms; their advice? Go get your flu shot Fever? Headache? Muscle aches? Forget about Ebola - chances are astronomically higher that you have the flu or some other common bug. That message still hasn't reached many Americans, judging from stories ER doctors and nurses swapped this week at a Chicago medical conference. - Read More More Nursing News Popular News from the Topix Network 46 Shocking Photos Of Stars Without Makeup Some celebs look gorgeous without their war paint...but some just don't look the same. The 43 WORST Celebrity Baby Names We have no words. The 49 Funniest Times People Thought The Onion Was Real I don't understand. Neither do they. 43 People Who Flawlessly Recreated Their Childhood Photos You CAN travel through time. Kind of. 39 Awesome Photos of Things Cut in Half. These Are Amazing. So fascinating and satisfying. Click here to manage your subscription settings Topix has Job listings for your town! Find Local Singles in your town! Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Copyright © 2014 Topix All rights reserved. PO Box 50097, Palo Alto, CA 94303