Nursing News

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.

Dr. Terry Rabinowitz, back to camera, talks with nurse Leslie Orelup at Helen Porter Nursing Home on in Burlington, Vt.

More than 55 years ago, Carlene Dunn put on her starched nursing uniform topped with cap, bib and apron to care for patients in a Massachusetts hospital.

The paramedics wheel out a stretcher carrying a man, 73, strapped to a hard board, a precaution in case his spine is fractured.

To mark International Women's Day, we talked to some of the most influential women in Redbridge and asked what challenges they have overcome and what women still have to face.

One nursing home out of four surveyed, and one assisted living facility out of three surveyed in Washington County received above-average marks from residents in the state's 2013 Long-term Care Resident Satisfaction Survey.

A NEW care plan will be trialled in Dudley borough to allow more people with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses to spend their final days at home.

Former Tennessee football star and coach Johnny Majors is in stable condition at the University of Tennessee Medical Center after a heart valve procedure.

Paramedics from four states have gathered in Sioux City for an annual conference that focuses on the skills needed to keep patients alive until they can reach a hospital.

Care home and care support costs in Kirklees are set to rise together as Kirklees Council discuss new proposals on Tuesday.

NHS England wanted to close Basildon Hospital's Hyper Acute Stroke Unit and instead send patients to Southend Hospital for vital stroke treatment.

EAST Lancashire's hospitals have offered 38 jobs to nurses from Portugal and Italy, in a bid to plug the remaining gaps in their work-force.