Nursing Shortage: Safety Issues Raised in Nova Scotia

The medical system in Canada continues on a dire path. Safety issues in hospital are raised in Nova Scotia due to nursing shortage. In May, I reported that in Canada, nurses work 250,000 hours in one week. "...

Leo & Kate Help Last Titanic Survivor Millvina Dean

" LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 is getting a hand from Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The "Titanic" stars, along with director James Cameron, have contributed...

Male nurses from Rajasthan

BY RANA ROSEN [this story appeared originally on Immigration Here & There, a project of the Medill School of Journalism] [to lead story Go west young Indian nurses] Purushotan Jangir prays every morning before...

Go west young Indian nurses

BY RANA ROSEN [a version of this story appeared first on Outlookindia.com, the web product of Outlook Magazine, one of India's premier weekly newsmagazines that sells more than 13 million copies a year, later...

More women in pharmacy, medicine: study

More women are joining the ranks of health-care occupations in Canada, including the traditionally male-dominated professions of medicine and pharmacy, according to a report released on Monday."TORONTO - It's no...

Florence S. Wald, Who Eased the Pain of the Dying, Is Dead at 91

Up until 1969, doctors rarely talked to their patients about dying. When Dr Kubler-Ross first started interviewing dying patients, "none were to be found". Doctors rarely told their patients that they were dying. Doctors were taught to save lives, not to help people with...

Almost at ROCK BOTTOM......

She survived a horrific tragedy at such a young age, and now she's barely "surviving" trying to make ends meet...." LONDON (AP) -- Millvina Dean was only 2 months old when she was wrapped in a sack and...

PETA Asks Ben & Jerry's to use Human Milk- YUCK!

" Burlington, Vt. - This morning, PETA dispatched a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of ice cream icon Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace the cow's milk in their products...

PETA Urges Ben & Jerry's To Use Human Milk

"WATERBURY, Vt. -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow's milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk, according to a...

27,765 pass nursing board exam

" MANILA, Philippines -- A total of 27,765 or 43.07 percent of the 64,459 who took the nursing licensure exam last June 1 and 2 passed it, the Board of Nursing of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)...

more supporters for breast feeding protest

looks like there is a lot of support in the community.

h&m breast feeding protest

media scrum outside h&m in vancouver covering the protest.

Breastfeeders protest at Vancouver H&M

UPDATE—August 15th, 2008Manuela Valle has filed an official complaint to the BC Human Rights Tribunal yesterday. Canada.com reports: "I would like the general public to understand that this is not something...

Aged care staff may face criminal charges

A VICTORIAN nursing home could face criminal charges after some elderly residents were found to weigh as little as 25kg or less. " The Federal Government has threatened to close Kirralee Residential Aged Care Facility in Ballarat after an investigation found the home...

The untold lives of seniors

An inspiring story about life, death and hope in a retirement home. I recommend the entire piece. It finishes with some great quotes:“[Growing old] is just like growing up. It happens so gradually, thereare no surprises. One day you might have a pain in your knee, the...

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