With a degree in nursing, Joliet’s Jennifer Clements didn’t have to look far for a job. After receiving her bachelor of science degree in nursing from the University of St. Francis College of Nursing and Allied Health in Joliet in 2004, the then 20-year-old Clements applied for positions at eight hospitals — and received job […]

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A NURSE who lied on an application form to land a top hospital job faces being struck off.
Sonya Davenport, 37, gave a friend’s name as a referee, falsely claiming she was her superior.
Using the fake reference, she clinched the job as manager of a gynaecological ward at Royal Oldham Hospital and worked there for 15 […]

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The lives of mothers and babies at a top London maternity hospital are being put at risk because of a shortage of midwives, a leading doctor warned today. She said: “Many of the midwives here find it frightening when they see the staffing levels are not optimal and corners are having to be cut to […]

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SHE is a mother of five children, a boy and four girls. She has put to bed four times and she has always midwifed herself. Not even when she was heavy with twins did she seek any midwifry assistance. What could be responsible for the strong determination of Mrs. Deborah Adigun to take her delivery […]

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Last week on the Plastic Surgery Today radio show, Dr. Schwartz and Jasmine talked about the dangers of medical tourism. Here is the article that led to the discussion. It tells the story of Agustin Huerta who posed as a plastic surgeon and “botched dozens of facelifts, liposuctions, breast implants and other procedures.” Some of his […]

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A “vanity map” has identified the cathedral city of Salisbury as having more cosmetic surgeons per head of population than any other British city.It has 13.1 surgeons per 100,000 people, five times as many as London and 13 times as many as Glasgow.Surgeons in the Wiltshire city say they have no shortage of clients, with […]

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Jolliffe, 64, retired Friday from the Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center after a well-attended goodbye party. Her colleagues spoke at length about her energy and professionalism, exemplified by always wearing the nursing cap she earned at graduation and always wearing white — long after both requirements ended.Jolliffe readily recalls many of the patients she […]

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New nursing facilities at Copper Mountain College were unveiled Friday in an open house hosted by the community college’s health sciences department. The public was invited to tour the new facilities and observe demonstrations of the new high-tech equipment.
The college recently completed the renovation of its nursing facilities to include a simulation lab. The expansion […]

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A THIRD of the experienced nurses lured back to NSW public hospitals under a Government program have left again.Three days after Premier Morris Iemma bragged about the recruitment of a record 1618 new registered nurses, internal government figures show Nursing Reconnect, which was designed to address a lack of experience, is floundering.The figures, obtained by […]

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The Wagga Wagga Base Hospital is set to get 20 new registered nurses.The New South Wales Government has announced that a record 1,600 registered nurses will graduate and take up positions in the public health system later this month. Most of the graduates will go to major city hospitals but Federal Health Minister Reba Meagher […]

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