Nursing News

Members of David Winker's family were on hand last week as Niagara Hospice and the Schoellkopf Health Center at Niagara Falls Memorial announced that the new hospice unit will be named David's Path.

Organizers of New Hampshire's annual Prouty fundraiser for cancer research and treatment have set a $2.75 million goal for this year's two-day event.

Chrystal Chattam Moore was recently awarded Gordon Hospital's Extra Mile Award, created by members of the hospital's Employee Engagement Committee in an effort to recognize employees who go above and beyond the call of duty on a regular basis.

The Second Degree Bachelor of Science in Nursing student was one of five from the Houston area to receive a $1,500 scholarship as part of the Houston Chronicle's Salute to Nurses event.

A KIDDERMINSTER nurse who had a pair of seven-inch forceps left inside her after surgery has said she wants someone to take responsibility for the mistake.

But brave Vicki, of Anlaby, says she is determined to make her final months special for her twins - and stay as positive as she can through the arduous ordeal.

A new generation of nurses are celebrating their graduation from the St. Elizabeth College of Nursing on Saturday.

A nurse sacked for slapping a violent mental health patient who spat in his face has been allowed to keep his job.

A Faulkner County jury returned a unanimous verdict last night that the Greenbrier Nursing and Rehabilitation Center had been negligent in treatment of Martha Bull, 76, who died at the nursing home April 7, 2008 after staff failed to act on a doctor's orders to get her transferred to a hospital emergency room for treatment of severe abdominal pain.

The Homemakers Health Services is pleased to announce the addition of two visiting nurses to its Clinical Services Division: Norma Juneau, RN and Barbara Laganiere, RN, both of Rochester.

Langley Times reporter Gary Ahuja, joined by his wife, Karm, and son Danny, 6, hugs his three-year-old daughter, Maya, at the family's Abbotsford home.

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, which runs community and mental health services, celebrated the work of its nursing staff at a special event to mark International Nurses Day.

UMass Memorial Health Care and nurses at its Memorial and Hahnemann campuses have agreed to a contract, averting a strike that had been threatened by the nurses union.

Registered nurses at The Scarborough Hospital are advocating for their patients by helping the community send the message: cutting nurses is cutting health care.

If there is one problem that symbolizes the ongoing national healthcare emergency, it is the rampant price gouging in the healthcare industry that continues to price too many Americans out of access to care and into financial ruin.

From left, Melissa Robinson, Pat Rowland and Sandy Hoilman were recently recognized with Nursing Excellence Awards from the Appalachian Regional Healthcare System.

Mrs. Oregon Tara Arnold teaches students at Beaverton's Stoller Middle School a dance to Beyonce'A s "AoeMove Your Body"A . She spent a few weeks at the school late last month as part of her "Movin'A It With Mrs.

Former CDI College nursing student Ennet Sekeramayi said students raced wheelchairs and watched Netflix videos instead of receiving formal instruction during class time.

Cassie Phillips Lantz of Staunton, Va., formerly of Elkins, completed her Bachelor of Science in nursing from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., on May 4. Lantz received her associate of science in registered nursing at Davis & Elkins College in 2002.

Three years ago Weston real estate agent Leslie Mann read a story on the Internet that horrified her.