A CARE home nurse accused of abusing an elderly patient has been suspended from practice for 18 months while an investigation into the allegations is carried out.
Diane Grattan, 70, is alleged to have locked a frail, elderly woman in a room and used a strap to restrain the patient.
She is also alleged to have adopted […]

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Breast surgery is becoming more common around the world. For women who’ve been diagnosed with cancer, the operation is a medical necessity. But more and more women are choosing to have cosmetic surgery to either increase or decrease the size of their breasts. Researcher Margaret Olsen from Washington University in St. Louis was investigating infections […]

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Clark County’s health care industry faces “a significant crisis,” according to one local hospital executive, due to the lack of people filling health care jobs. Nearly one in five job vacancies in Washington last fall was in health care.In October, there were more job openings in health care than in any other industry in the […]

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Just what is a parish nurse? As an extension of the church itself, hers is a wellness ministry of holistic proportions-taking into account the whole person-body, mind and spirit. It is a ministry that extends way beyond the Sunday sermon. Mrs. Wardley’s richly involved life of service in education, and as health counselor, community liaison and […]

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Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell announced a nearly $2 million investment on Thursday to improve the state’s nursing work force. Twenty grant recipients, which span 28 counties including Philadelphia, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery, will receive $679,933 to expand clinical education for nurses and $1.1 million to purchase training equipment. Combined with a minimum of $2.1 million […]

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Members of the Schneck Medical Center board of trustees heard a number of reports, approved proposed insurance premiums, and organized committees for 2008 during a meeting Monday night, Jan. 28, at the hospital in Seymour.Vicki Johnson, vice-president of nursing services, presented results of the 2005 Indiana Registered Nurse Survey Report. She noted that the nursing […]

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Health Minister Mike Murphy says a province wide nursing shortage will work itself out.Murphy didn’t offer any solutions Wednesday to deal with the shortage, which has forced River Valley Health to cancel some non-essential surgeries at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital.River Valley Health officials said last week that the Chalmers hospital is short about […]

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