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Sept 5, 2010

Round Rock's new nursing school features state-of-the-art facility
Austin American-Statesman
Texas State University's nursing students in Round Rock are learning in a new facility that features simulation mannequins and labs resembling hospital ...

Online Education Versus Traditional Teaching in Nursing Degree ...
By abraham
Nursing is probably one of the most important subjects that have shown a better learning process through online education system. The online nursing schools are welcoming students from any corner of the world with an urge to serve the ...

Aug 26, 2010

Governor can cure sick nursing school system by signing bill
California's nursing shortage could be reduced if the governor signs a bill to allow the California State University system to offer a doctorate in nursing. ...

AACN Selects New Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars Through Joint Program with...
Business Wire (press release)
The Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing's Future – AACN Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars Program was launched in September 2007 to support full-time ...

Despite new building, it might take awhile for UNCW to expand nursing student ...
StarNewsOnline.com (blog)
by Vicky Eckenrode University of North Carolina Wilmington's new, state-of-the-art nursing school building might help produce better-qualified nurses, ...

Aug 22, 2010

Only in print: Former nurse's violations reveal gaps in state oversight
The Union Leader
Ginger Chiappetta says she was being a "good nurse" when she stayed overnight in a dying man's home and gave him pain medication. The state Board of Nursing ...

Area nursing school graduates third class
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
22--In recent years, Amanda Aiken has been attending Aiken Technical College part-time and hopes to enter the nursing program soon. ...

Area nursing school graduates third class Online Nursing Degree – Your Fast Track To A Nursing Career | Look ...
After the projection of US resources for Health and Health Services Administration (HRSA), the United States is just over 200 000 nurses registered in 2010 in.

Aug 15, 2010

U. nursing school unveils simulated hospital with virtual patients
Salt Lake Tribune
By Brian Maffly A patient at the University of Utah's College of Nursing, the 84-year-old veteran blinks, talks, breathes, urinates, and registers a blood ...

Nursing Shortage: More Jobs Than Recruiters Can Fill
ABC News
The United States faces a looming national nursing shortage, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. ...

LCCC nursing program flourishes
Alton Telegraph
By LINDA N. WELLER EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of two parts about the nursing program at Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey. ...

Robinson benefit picnic benefits nursing scholarship fund
Torrington Register Citizen
At last year's event, David said they raised $35000 for a scholarship fund for students pursuing a nursing degree in honor of his daughter, ...

NMSU-A nursing program is strong
Alamogordo Daily News
In response to a letter to the editor in the Daily News on July 25 about New Mexico State University-Alamogordo's nursing program having serious issues that ...

Aug 8, 2010

Hopkins nursing graduate among aid workers killed in Afghanistan
Baltimore Sun (blog)
By Jacques Kelly, The Baltimore Sun A Johns Hopkins School of Nursing graduate, who was one of 10 medical aid workers ambushed and killed in Afghanistan ...

MCG will get grant for nurse training
The Augusta Chronicle
With the three-year grant, MCG aims to train 70 advanced-practice nurses in a doctoral-level program to become either acute-care nurse practitioners or ...

New line-up for 'Survivor: Nicaragua' includes local nursing student Kelly ...
Examiner.com
Arizona fans of reality TV have another reason to cheer when the latest installation of "Survivor' premieres this fal; Mesa, Arizona nursing student, ...

US Woman Survives 5 Year Battle With Flesh-Eating Bacteria
Medical News Today
34-year old nurse and mother Sandy Wilson told the Associated Press (AP) that at one point she felt like she "was rotting from the inside out". ...

SCTCC to offer new associates degree in nursing
St. Cloud Times
By Frank Lee • fclee@stcloudtimes.com • August 10, 2010 St. Cloud Technical & Community College will begin offering an associate degree in nursing this fall ...

Aug 5, 2010

SJRCC names dean of nursing
St. Augustine Record
The St. Johns River Community College district board of trustees recently appointed Mary Anne Laney as the dean of nursing. She brings to the college more ...

New nursing head at Owens says degrees are legitimate
WTOL.com
She comes from the University of Toledo with more than 20 years experience in nursing education. Most recently, she served as the coordinator of the ...

Illinois governor signs new nursing home rules into law
McKnight's Long Term Care News
Pat Quinn (D) recently signed into law new nursing home safety regulations that aim to end the pattern of violence in that state's facilities, according to ...

UT Knoxville College of Nursing to Offer Doctor of Nursing ...
By khintz
UT Knoxville has a new option for nursing students looking to further their education: the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. The degree complements but differs from the existing Ph.D. in nursing in that it is clinically-focused rather ...

Nursing Programs Academic Scholarship - Online Nursing Programs ...
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Aug 3, 2010

VA nurse manager Chris Redwood
Washington Post
Best known for: Being a change agent at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, where he has taken steps to improve nursing quality in the ...

Nursing home fire kills 18 in South Africa
CNN International
Eighteen elderly residents died Sunday night after a fire broke out at a Nigel, South Africa nursing home, according an emergency services spokesman. ...

Saint Martin's might restart nursing program
TheNewsTribune.com
Nursing could make a comeback to Saint Martin's University, as school officials explore the idea of reviving its nursing continuation program, which enabled ...

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By momfarah
If you're planning on breastfeeding your baby or are already doing it, check out this gorgeous nursing bra from Le Mystere's new Sexy Mama collection. The lacy styling makes it ultra-feminine, and the lightly padded cups provide ample ...

State of Philippine nursing profession in jeopardy » PinoyPress ...
By PinoyPress
“The nursing profession has provided our country with a major source of income from the numerous nurses that have sought employment abroad. But now there are major issues that are threatening the stability of this noble profession that ...

Aug 1, 2010

Nursing doctorates on rise
NorthJersey.com
BY LINDY WASHBURN The nurse caring for you at the hospital bedside and in the outpatient clinic in years may actually be a doctor — a doctor of nursing ...

Nurses slam Abbott's aged-care plan
Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) says a policy which pledges to make more beds available must also include measures aimed at boosting nurse numbers. ...

Legal path haphazard in a nurse drug theft
Tbo.com
Whether a nurse who steals drugs goes to jail or stays at work remains an unsettled question in Florida. By LINDSAY PETERSON | The Tampa Tribune TAMPA - At ...

A Life of Adventure: OR Nurse Seizes The Day
MDPublishing.com
“I was scared to death,” Dee Ann Toliver, RN, says of her first day as a travel nurse. Just three years out of nursing school, the then 20-year-old woman ...

Langston Nursing Scholarships Available - NewsOn6.com - Tulsa, OK
A record level of funding has been awarded for qualified Langston University nursing students.

July 31, 2010

Quinn signs nursing home safety bill
Examiner.com
In a "new era of nursing home care in Illinois," Gov. Pat Quinn signed the nursing home safety bill into law Thursday. "This is historic legislation," Quinn ...

Miami-Jacobs nursing program again at risk of losing approval
Dayton Daily News
By Christopher Magan, Staff Writer Updated 11:49 PM Friday, July 30, 2010 For the second time in six months, Miami-Jacobs Career College's nursing program ...

Darla Zuhdi to perform benefit concert for OCU's nursing school
NewsOK.com
Recording artist and singer Darla Zuhdi will perform a benefit concert for Oklahoma City University's Kramer School of Nursing at 7:30 pm Friday in Petree ...

Kaplan launches online nursing
Chicago Daily Herald
The Kaplan Higher Education School of Nursing announced the launch of its new online Master of Science in Nursing's Informatics specialization, ...

STNA Ohio Nursing Schools – Approved OH STNA Training Programs
Searching for a state-approved Ohio STNA training program? This article explains where to find accredited STNA Ohio nursing schools.

July 30, 2010

Why Earn a Masters Degree in Nursing - Graduate Nursing Education
Holding a graduate degree from a nursing program is essential for those wanting to work in advanced nursing careers and in leadership positions.

French Nursing Assistant Admits To Suffocating Her Eight Babies
IndyPosted
The wife, an overweight nursing assistant, the husband, a carpenter, who sits on the city council. Until a new homeowner, found two buried fetuses in the ...

Patients pay for nursing flip-flop: Liberals
Edmonton Journal
The constant flip-flop from nursing shortage in 2008 to nursing glut in 2009 and back to nursing shortage in 2010 mirrors a government struggling with ...

YMCA to train staff on nursing
Boston Globe
After exercising, she changed into a nursing top before returning to her newborn. “He needed to eat,'' she said. One employee, she said, raised concern ...

Quinn signs new nursing home safety bill
Chicago Tribune
Pat Quinn signed landmark nursing home safety reforms into law Thursday in a room packed with senior citizens, top state officials have been working behind ...

July 29, 2010

University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing Receives Best Practices Award for High Graduation Rate

The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing has received a $25000 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for exceptional.

Two YRMC nurses are finalists in Nurse of the Year awards
Yuma Sun
BY MARA KNAUB - SUN STAFF WRITER Two Yuma nurses are finalists in the 2010 Nurse of the Year awards, sponsored by the March of Dimes Arizona Chapter. ...

EvCC puts $4.8M nursing grant to quick use
Snohomish County Business
“This funding strengthens our ongoing efforts to address our region's nursing shortage, giving more students the opportunity to train for high-demand jobs. ...

Nurse's sex with heart and lung op patient
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Mirror.co.uk
A nurse has been suspended for a year after having sex with a patient waiting for a heart and lung transplant. Rebecca Bayliss, 29, had a three-month affair ...

Man charged with nurse's murder at Blackpool hospital

BBC News
A paramedic has been charged with murdering a nurse who was stabbed to death in a hospital car park. Jane Clough was attacked as she walked to her car at ...

July 28, 2010

One Way To Judge A Nursing Home

New York Times (blog)
By DALE RUSSAKOFF Chang W. Lee/The New York Times A certified nursing assistant helping an Alzheimer's patient at a nursing home in New York. ...

Nursing mothers get a break at work, thanks to Health Reforms
USA Today
In all, 24 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have laws on nursing mothers at work. The US law doesn't supersede state laws that offer greater ...

Parvus nursing £70m loss on Connaught holding

Telegraph.co.uk
A leading hedge fund is sitting on losses of approximately £70m following the turmoil at Connaught, The Daily Telegraph understands. ...

Voters should pass levy for nursing home

Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
The nursing home's finances are hopelessly stark and unforgiving. Blaine County has subsidized its operations for years, but the subsidies are rapidly ...

Texas Health Care Association: $25.6 Million Medicaid Cuts Put Seniors' Care at Risk, Place Texas Jobs in Jeopardy

PR Newswire (press release)
As part of national health care reform, Graves noted, the federal government just cut nearly $15 billion in seniors' Medicare-funded nursing home benefits ...