Nursing News

A proposed road construction project in the Village of Biron has the staff at an assisted living facility a little worried.

Her duties include supervising 400 nurses and nurse managers as well as recommending strategies to improve services at the hospital, which is part of the Mercy Health system.

Social media often is credited with providing a stream of up-to-the-minute news, the latest developments breaking over Twitter or Facebook, and spreading virally in no time flat.

Northwest Mississippi Community College will begin a transition program this fall to make it easier for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses through the school's Associate Degree of Nursing program.

This Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013 file photo shows a Syrian girl weeping after receiving the measles vaccine from UNICEF nurses Nadine Houjairi, second right, and Genivieve Bashalani, right, at the U.N. refugee agency's registration center in Zahleh, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.

The Wisconsin state Senate is scheduled to vote on a bill that would take control of the troubled Milwaukee mental health complex away from the county board and give it to a group of medical professionals, patients and family members.

On Feb. 22, Evelyn Hill, 98, of Elkins was presented with a certificate of recognition for her service to our country and for her many years of membership with American Legion Post 29. The certificate was presented by Tom Domingo, current commander of the Legion.

Singing River Health System dedicated a new piece of art on the 2 West floor at Ocean Springs Hospital.

Bradford Royal Infirmary was inspected by the Care Quality Commission in September and October last year and its bosses were subsequently told they needed to recruit more staff.

Davis & Elkins College Associate Professor of Nursing Melissa McCoy and 40 second-year nursing students joined others in their profession to take part in the Nurse Unity Day Program on Feb. 26 in Charleston The annual event at the state capitol building is designed to allow students to meet and network with stakeholders, including nurses, other ... (more)

Nurses at a psychiatric hospital in suburban Chicago are on strike to call attention to what they say are delaying tactics from management during contract negotiations.

More than 250 pupils made a voluntary donation to wear a bandage, raising A 310 for the Burns Unit and the Children's Burns Club at Pinderfields Hospital at Wakefield, said teacher Clare Smith.

MEDICAL men at Mid Devon charity Hospiscare are appealing for lads and dads to join them at the 2014 Men's Walk in Exeter .

Continuing Healthcare Solutions welcomes residents, families and employees of Muskingum Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in Beverly to its network of communities.

Jen Melifonwu, a certified nursing assistant, tends to resident Fredric Mall in his room at West Side House, a nursing home in Worcester that primarily serves veterans.

TV reports 38-year-old Jermaine Cohill, 35-year-old Ryan Driscoll, 27-year-old Alicia Ojeda and 46-year-old Yvette Wright are charged with felonies related to possession or delivery of oxycodone from the Milwaukee VA Medical Center.

After a nurse phoned John Harrison to tell him his partner had lost her battle with cancer, he says he went to the hospital to say goodbye - and discovered she was not dead.

Parish nurse Paula Bartels has the perfect teaching opportunity. Elementary-age students are just finishing their breakfast at First Lutheran Church on a recent Sunday when she holds up a graphic picture of what happens when you ingest too much sugar and don't brush your teeth.

THE Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hospitals have received their highest ever temporary staffing bill - despite repeated efforts to slash spening in this area.

We may soon be able to obtain easy and early diagnoses of diseases by smell. This week researchers found one odour-sniffing machine was as good as a mammogram at detecting breast cancer - and many other devices capable of spotting other diseases may be on the way.