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TX and SW Articles
http://www.star-telegram.com/
2010/11/15/2634100/neglect-cited-
in-death-of-patient.html
'Neglect' cited in death of patient, 23
Fort Worth Star Telegram
The director of nursing was reported to
the Texas Board of Nursing. The home's
administrator was reported to the
Nursing Facility Administrators
Advisory ...
http://www.star-telegram.com/
2010/11/15/2634100/neglect-cited-
in-death-of-patient.html
This is in Arkansas
IN THE MATTER OF ESTATE OF HEARD
Leagle.com
Those expenses include benefits
unrelated to the injuries that were the
subject of the settlement received
based on his fall in the nursing
home,...
snip
It is undisputed that Surrogate's
Court had allocated the entire amount of
the settlement to decedent's pain and
suffering, and that DSS asserted a
claim against the proceeds of the
settlement for the Medicaid payments it
made on behalf of decedent from 1995
until his death in 2003. Relying on
Arkansas Dept. of Health & Human Servs.
v Ahlborn (547 U.S. 268), the
objectant contended that DSS could
recoup only that part of the settlement
that was paid for medical services
provided to treat decedent for the
injuries related to his fall in the
nursing home.
http://www.leagle.com/
xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=
In%20NYCO%2020101112357.xml&
docbase=CSLWAR3-2007-CURR
Mother sues over daughter's ER care
at Bayshore
Ultimate Spring
The child was stabilized and moved
to Texas Children's Hospital for further
treatment. Woods says the doctors,
nurses and the hospital are to blame for
her ...
http://www.ultimatespringtx.com/
stories/220808-mother-sues-over-
daughter-s-er-care-at-bayshore
Hudson first school in state to host nursing program
KTRE
By Holley Nees - email HUDSON, Texas (KTRE) -
Selena Stephenson is 17 years
old, and on track to be a licensed
vocational nurse by the time she's 18.
...
http://www.ktre.com/Global/
story.asp?S=13426096
High-Tech Medical Care: Technology
lifts patient care [El Paso Times,
Texas]
TMCnet
When a nurse calls with a concern,
Aun can examine the relevant information
in real time, to determine the best
course of action. ...
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/
-high-tech-medical-care-technology-
lifts-patient-care-/2010/11/01/5104819.htm
Caregiving takes financial, as well
as emotional, toll on families
Dallas Morning News
Medicare pays only for a medically
necessary skilled nursing facility or
home health care, if you meet certain
conditions. Medicare covers short
nursing ...
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/
dws/bus/columnists/pyip/stories/
DN-moneytalk_08bus.ART.State.Edition1.
3c9cf28.html
Should nurse practioners get more
responsibilities?
San Antonio Express
... practitioners do much medically,
oversimplified a complex issue:
Should nurse practitioners (NPs) be
granted independent practice licensure
in Texas? ...
http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/
should_nurse_practioners_get_more_
responsibilities_106918223.html
Lawyers for Ft. Hood suspect decline
to put on a defense
Los Angeles Times
Nidal Malik Hasan is shown after
he was moved from Brooke Army Medical
Center in San Antonio to the Bell
County Jail in Belton, Texas. ...
http://www.latimes.com/news/
nationworld/nation/la-na-ft-hood-
20101116,0,5917819.story?rdtgwr
MNC staff awarded top honors
Northeast Arkansas Town Crier
By REVIS BLAYLOCK
Manila Nursing Center staff Regina
Hatch, director of
nursing, and Debbie Vassar,
certified nursing assistant,
were named top DON and CNA ...
http://www.thetown-crier.com/
story/1681051.html
Nursing Layoffs Prompt Protest
at Seton Medical Center
The Bay Citizen
Rudy Vallin, a nursing assistant at
the hospital for 14 years, will be
protesting outside of Seton on
Wednesday, although he's not among
those now slated to ...
http://www.baycitizen.org/health/
story/nursing-layoffs-prompt-
protest-seton/
Lawsuit: Law firm wrong on penis
amputation claim - 4 hours ago
ALBUQUERQUE, NM (AP)
A New Mexico nursing home has
sued an Albuquerque
law firm, claiming the firm's
lawyers advanced a false allegation
when they argued ...
snip
In the federal lawsuit filed in
September, THI of New Mexico at Valle
Norte accused the Harvey Law Firm
of malicious abuse of process and civil
conspiracy stemming from a July 2007
case for a client, James Tracy. The
dispute was first reported by the
Albuquerque Journal.
snip
The lawsuit also said that despite
repeated claims by the Harvey law firm
that Tracy had lost his penis,
before-and-after photographs demonstrate
that didn't happen.
http://tinyurl.com/329ap75
PRMC WELCOMES SURGEON TO MEDICAL STAFF
Bonham Journal
PARIS, TX
Paris Regional Medical Center is
pleased to announce that
board-certified surgeon Marian
Kathleen Querry, DO, has joined the
medical staff as a ...
http://www.bonhamjournal.com/articles/
2010/11/15/news/doc4ce16c5e44b75940174825.txt
AC grant will make transition
easier for nurses
Amarillo.com
By BRENDA BERNET
Going from the classroom to a
full-time job can be a
stressful experience, especially
for nurses. Amarillo College and
Northwest Texas ...
http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/
2010-11-12/ac-grant-will-make-
transition-easier-nurses
Katherine Jackson's Ultimate
Revenge on Dr. Murray
Peace FM Online
Tmz :
Katherine Jackson could get some
quick payback against Dr. Conrad
Murray, with the help of the Texas
Medical Board ... TMZ has learned. ...
http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/
entertainment/201011/104256.php
Should nurse practioners get more
responsibilities?
San Antonio Express
... practitioners do much medically,
oversimplified a complex issue:
Should nurse practitioners (NPs) be
granted independent practice licensure
in Texas? ...
http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/
should_nurse_practioners_get_more_
responsibilities_106918223.html
LU masters in nursing ranks among
most affordable in nation
Lamar University
MSN-prepared nurses provide leadership
to direct healthcare agencies to
meet current and future needs. Nurse
educators prepared at the MSN level
are ...
http://www.lamar.edu/newsevents/
news/207_8999.htm
TEXAS MEDICAID NUMBERS
Houston Chronicle
More than 60 percent of nursing home
residents in Texas have Medicaid
coverage that covers at least part
of their nursing home costs. As of April
2010, ...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/
metropolitan/7294568.html
Monday Morning Quarterbacks: High
praises for posting online nursing home
...
NewsOK.com
A government watchdog group has high
praise for the Oklahoma Department of
Health's decision to post online
millions of nursing home-related
documents. ...
http://newsok.com/monday-morning-
quarterbacks-high-praises-for-
posting-online-nursing-home-
documents/article/3513856
Hospital honors employees for service
Redlands Daily Facts
... nursing assistant; and Joann Sousa,
pre-op educator. (Courtesy Photo)
Redlands Community Hospital recently
honored more than 200 employees during
the ...
http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/
news/ci_16560108
In NC, but is getting a ton of press.
I have numerous resources on
transmission of bloodborne pathogens
via glucometer, lancets, etc. Email
me by private email if needed
....................BA
Officials with the North Carolina
Division of Public Health confirmed on
November 12 that investigators believe
the improper use of blood glucose
level testers are most likely behind
the cause of a hepatitis B outbreak
at a Mount Olive, North Carolina,
nursing home.
Five of the eight patients that
contracted the disease have died from it,
according to ABCLocal.go.com. State
investigators say that during
interviews with Glen Care of Mount
Olive Assisted Living employees, one
admitted that the same blood testing
needles were shared between patients
at the facility.
http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/news/
220894-source-of-north-carolina-
hepatitis-b-outbreak-revealed
North Carolina Nursing Home Hepatitis
Deaths Linked to Dirty Needles
The reuse of dirty needles at a North
Carolina nursing home probably
caused the deaths of at least five
elderly residents, according to state
investigators. There have been eight
diagnosed cases of hepatitis B among
residents at Glencare of Mount Olive
Assisted Living Center in Mount
Olive, North Carolina. Five of those
people have died and the likely cause
of the infections was the reuse of
needles used to check blood glucose
levels in diabetic patients, according
to health department officials.
Officials say that each resident of
the assisted living center should have
had their own private glucose testing
kit, but instead the facility used
the same kits and needles for multiple
patients.
http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/
north-carolina-nursing-home-
hepatitis-deaths-14261/
Texas budget shortfall victim: Medicaid?
The San Antonio Express-News reports:
Medicaid is the health lifeline for
more than 3 million of the most
vulnerable Texans, but some Republicans
including Gov. Rick Perry are talking
about opting out of the program as a
massive state budget shortfall looms.
Read More
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/
politics/budget_shortfall_victim_
medicaid_107856609.html
K-9 rescues elderly dementia patient in Louisiana
The Monroe (LA) News Star reports:
A Union Parish Sheriff's Deputy Jon
Williams and his dog, Ino, were up
to the task of rescuing an 80-year-old
nursing home resident late Tuesday
night.
Read More
http://www.nhmonitor.com/?m=201011
Not in TX/SW but worth knowing about:
Racial preference a challenging issue
This case, Chaney v. Plainfeld
Healthcare Center, 612 F.3d 908 (7th Cir.
2010), involved a healthcare facility
that provided long-term care for
close to 200 residents. One resident
complained that she did not want
assistance from black nursing assistants.
The healthcare center acceded to
this request, placing a note on the
daily assignment sheet stating that
the resident prefers no black nursing
assistant. Two other residents
also made comments on separate
occasions that they disliked having black
nursing assistants attend to them.
http://wislawjournal.com/blog/
2010/11/16/racial-preference-
a-challenging-issue/
Drug-resistant bacterium raises
alarms in Chicago
Superbug resistant to most antibiotics,
even the strongest A dangerous,
often deadly bacterium resistant
to the most powerful antibiotics known
to medicine is spreading in Chicago
hospitals and nursing homes, prompting
an effort to mobilize a regionwide response.
Known as KPC for short, Klebsiella
pneumoniae Carbapenemase bacteria are a
drug-resistant form of a common pathogen
that was first reported 11 years
ago in North Carolina. Earlier this
year, 37 health facilities in Chicago
reported an average of 10 KPC cases
each, up from an average of four cases
in 2009 in 26 facilities, according to
a new study presented Friday at the
annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases
Society of America. The
resistant bacterium was first identified
in Chicago in December 2007.
"Although the number of infections is
small, the fact that so many places
are seeing KPCs is very concerning,"
said Dr. Robert Weinstein, interim
chairman of the department of medicine
at Stroger Hospital and chief
operating officer of the Ruth M.
Rothstein CORE Center for HIV/AIDS at
the Cook County Health System.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/
health/ct-met-superbug-
20101022,0,6867309.story
Escape attempt costs Canton man 8 years
Canton Repository
Sexton kept ducking the deputy's use
of pepper spray, so the deputy handed
the spray to a nurse, who sprayed
Sexton in the face, according to the
deputy's ...
http://www.cantonrep.com/news/crime/
x298227038/Escape-attempt-costs-
Canton-man-8-years
SMITH v. HARRIS
Leagle.com
Because Nurse Slaughter could not
write prescriptions, Smith has likewise
failed to show that she acted with
deliberate indifference by failing to
prescribe ...
http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?
xmldoc=In%20FCO%2020101115084.xml&
docbase=CSLWAR3-2007-CURR
Hundreds Die of Illnesses
In Texas County Jails
Kaiser Health News
And, they say, they are struggling
to meet the health care needs of more
inmates at a time when budgets are
dwindling. There are no state standards
for ...
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/
Stories/2010/November/16/
TT-texas-illness-county-jails.aspx
Undercover: Medicare Money
FOX 4 News
And a patient with a Medicare card
is a hot commodity for some healthcare
providers. Ollie Futrell is a very
busy lady. She works in the home
healthcare ...
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/
investigative/11152010Undercover%3A-
Medicare-Money
Nurse Says Hospital Groups Terrorized Her
Courthouse News Service
Vicki Fanning McLean sued Select
Medical, Cross Blue Shield, Medicare
contractor TriCenturion, five hospitals
and the Texas Department of Health
and Human ...
http://www.courthousenews.com/
2010/11/16/31891.htm
Records show 23-year-old died after
DFW Nursing & Rehab staff waited seven
...
Texas Watchdog
The Texas Department of Aging and
Disability Services said DFW Nursing's
"neglect" of Fleming and the home's
policies and procedures -- seven nurses
lacked ...
http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2010/11/
records-show-23yearold-died-after-
dfw-nursing-rehab-staff/1289932200.column
Florida RNs Vote by 92% to Join
Nation's Largest Nurses Union for Stronger
...
PR Newswire (press release)
Their votes follow a wave of election
wins earlier this year by HCA RNs in
Texas, Missouri, and Nevada who also
cast ballots for NNU affiliates, ...
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/
florida-rns-vote-by-92-to-
join-nations-largest-nurses-union-for-
stronger-voice-for-patients-rns-108467109.html
"Barbara Acello, RN"
bacello@xxxxxxxxxxx
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