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Hospice set to close nursing home (BBC News) Sun Nov 08 09:42:34 PST 2009 A hospice in East Sussex announces it will close a nursing home that provides palliative care for patients. Read full article »
Shaikh Sultan attends GCC nursing conference (Khaleej Times) Sun Nov 08 05:13:45 PST 2009 SHARJAH - H.H. Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, attended today the opening session of the first GCC nursing specialisations conference. Read full article »
Journal Of Cardiovascular Nursing Urges Policies And Prevention To Reduce Deaths From Venous Thromboembolism (Medical News Today) Sun Nov 08 03:46:21 PST 2009 In a newly-published special supplement, the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing calls for new hospital policies to prevent and treat venous thromboembolism (VTE), a major cause of death and disability in hospitals throughout the world. Read full article »
Where have all the nursing caps gone? (St. Joseph News-Press) Sun Nov 08 06:18:47 PST 2009 Elaine Greer remembers how one of her classmates in nursing school got secretly married. “If they found out, she would have been kicked out of school,” Mrs. Greer says. “Nurses couldn’t be married.” Read full article »
Missouri college bars tattoos for nursing students (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Sat Nov 07 16:36:03 PST 2009 JOPLIN, Mo. — Some Missouri Southern State University nursing school students are upset about an admission policy barring visible tattoos. The Joplin Globe reports that the policy is included in the 2009 school handbook for nursing students. Read full article »
To avoid tax hike, Saratoga County nursing home may eat into reserve funds (The Saratogian) Sun Nov 08 02:15:36 PST 2009 BALLSTON SPA — For the past eight years, the cost for Saratoga County to run its nursing home, Maplewood Manor, has increased steadily from about $1 million to the nearly Read full article »
Leadership, nursing both fortes of Asheboro resident (Asheboro Courier-Tribune) Sun Nov 08 01:45:37 PST 2009 ASHEBORO — Betty Hunt is an old hand at leading people. The newly elected speaker of the North Carolina Senior Tar Heel Legislature (STHL) has served as president of nursing organizations on the local, state and national levels. Read full article »
County takes regional approach to curb nursing home costs (La Crosse Tribune) Sat Nov 07 20:51:02 PST 2009 La Crosse County's Lakeview Health Center has become a pioneer in Wisconsin - the first county nursing home attempting to become a regional facility. Read full article »
Agency ban 'will cripple nursing' (News 24 South Africa) Sat Nov 07 23:29:25 PST 2009 Banning nursing agencies, included in the state definition of labour brokers, will make it impossible to meet SA's nursing needs, says an industry player. Read full article »
Methuen nursing home closing its doors (The Eagle-Tribune) Sat Nov 07 21:49:43 PST 2009 METHUEN — Saying their building is no longer sufficient, officials at Broadway Care and Rehabilitation Center are shutting down, relocating 37 residents and trying to find new jobs for staff. The nursing home at 281 Broadway will close by Dec. 31, company officials said. Read full article »