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Interested in critical-care nursing? Program seeks participants (Rockford Register Star) Becky and Jim Groff understand the importance of critical care nurses at Rockford Memorial Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. They spend every day at the hospital with their twins, Holden and Tianna, who were born prematurely July 19. Becky Holden gave birth 25 weeks into her pregnancy, and the twins weighed little more than a pound each. us.rd.yahoo.com
Overtime Mandatory at Janeway (Voice of the Common Man) The Division Manager for Pediatric Critical Care at the Janeway, Dianne Reddy, says the Neonatal Unit is extremely busy right now and that's why they have brought in mandatory overtime for the nursing staff. Reddy says the unit is operating at full capacity and at over-capacity on some occasions. us.rd.yahoo.com
Stanly nursing center reduces restraint use (The Salisbury Post) CARY — Ten N.C. nursing homes, including one in Albemarle, achieved significant success in finding alternatives to restraints after completing a speci ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Hospitals face Medi-Cal payments backlog (The Union) With California's budget crisis temporarily halting Medi-Cal reimbursements to local nursing homes and convalescent hospitals, the facilities are striking a critical balance between offering usual services to their residents and meeting their... us.rd.yahoo.com
Madison County advised to keep home care (Cnylink) Members of the Public Health Committee of the Madison County Board of Supervisors and the Madison County Public Health Board heard an update on a home health care study conducted us.rd.yahoo.com
Adapting to a Fixed Income Essential to Enjoying Retirement (Bradenton Herald) A bill currently in the Senate Finance Committee will trigger the largest reform of nursing home care in more than 20 years if it becomes law. Targeted primarily at for-profit homes, the Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act (S2641) would require nursing homes to clearly state ownership, standardize complaint forms, improve reporting on staffing information and replace some ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Nursing's 'always needed,' and job numbers prove it (Leader-Telegram) Helen Wells wrote a series of books popular in the 1950s, '60s and '70s that encouraged many to pursue nursing as a profession. The series featured Cherry Ames, a nurse whose escapades were chronicled in titles such as "Jungle Nurse," "Flight Nurse" and "Cruise Nurse." us.rd.yahoo.com
CDHB Launches Campaign To Boost Nursing Numbers (Scoop.co.nz) The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) is beginning a new campaign this weekend to attract nurses who have been out of the workforce back into the profession. us.rd.yahoo.com
Nursing school named for Anita Perry (Abilene Reporter-News) Texas first lady Anita Perry touted the importance of quality nursing education at a ceremony recently announcing the naming of the Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. us.rd.yahoo.com
Planning a New Career? Be a Doctor, Financial or IT Specialist, but Stay off the Farm and Put Down that Phone! (HispanicBusiness.com) What jobs are going to be hot in the next ten years, and which are going to diminish and perhaps disappear altogether? These are critical questions to ask if you or your children are considering or preparing for a career . us.rd.yahoo.com
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