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A NURSE faces being struck off after a damning investigation into standards at a South Tyneside care home.
Ann Rigby, 50, from South Shields, was manager of Bamburgh Court Care Centre – branded in 2004 by inspectors as the worst home they had ever seen.
Elderly residents and dementia sufferers slept on dirty mattresses on the floor […]
A NURSE threatened to rip off her ward manager’s head and told an elderly patient she would have been put down if she was a dog, a hearing was told.Julie Thompson, 44, of Redcar, appeared before the Nursing and Midwifery Council yesterday accused of bullying colleagues and patients. The senior staff nurse faces a series […]
A mental health nurse convicted of obtaining property by deception and false accounting was struck off the NMC’s Register at a hearing in London on Tuesday March 3rd 2008.
Oladele Awomolo, 42, admitted that his fitness to practice was impaired because of his convictions but argued for leniency from the NMC’s Conduct and Competence Committee which […]
NURSING difficulties emerged as a focus at yesterday’s Commission of Inquiry hearing at Coffs Harbour Health Campus. In an intense six hours of hearings, the Special Commission of Inquiry into Acute Care Services in NSW heard from Coffs Coast doctors, patients, nurses, administrators and lobby groups. Senior Coffs Harbour health campus registered nurses Amanda Short, […]
Facing what could be a crisis in their profession, a group of about 20 nurses took their concerns to U.S. Rep. Tom Latham, R-Ames, during a gathering Wednesday afternoon at the Fort Dodge Public Library.
They suggested more federal student aid to help more people become nurses, and just as importantly, nursing instructors.
Also, they pleaded for […]
The Arcola Health Centre temporarily suspended emergency and in-patient services on Wednesday because of a doctor shortage.“This has been an ongoing issue for the past two years and each time it’s very, very difficult because anybody who is in the hospital has to be sent away from home, which is just a horrible thing,” Sim […]
NHS Lanarkshire have launched a campaign to recruit skilled public health nurses and increase health care awareness in local communities.A recruitment event is being held on Wednesday, April 2, at the Holiday Inn, Keith Street, Hamilton, from 6.30 to 8.30pm.
Those who attend will have the opportunity to speak with community staff, learn more about working […]
WALES’ newest maternity unit is more than 30 midwives short of “safe levels”, NHS staff claimed.A group of midwives at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport, said there is a shortage of senior staff at the £3.7m maternity unit as a result of cost-cutting measures.And they have spoken of a “culture of bullying, intimidation and […]
While today’s shaky economy has many people worried about job security, the nursing field has been an exception. In fact, there is currently a critical shortage of nurses in the U.S. by some 44,000 positions. Furthermore, according to the latest projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 1.2 million new and replacement […]
From Dec. 29 to Jan. 10, local medical professionals were in Uganda, at a Watoto village, where they learned as much as, if not more, than they taught. Bremen nurse Janice Wood, was one of the participating members of the group that included a pediatrician, nurses, technicians, and people doing pastor training. Wood is an […]
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