Nurse News

• Nurse and ex police volunteer suspended after for lying about son's whereabouts
  
  Karen Ravenscroft, a former Wiltshire police inspector, was suspended for 12 months from her nursing job but not struck off after admitting lying to help her son escape a speeding ticket.
  Daily Mail.  Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• Distracted nurse gives woman 6 doses of COVID vaccine in one shot
  
  Italian hospital apologizes for lapse on a busy day, but says the young woman has shown no adverse reaction to the overdose of the Pfizer vaccine.
  CBS News.  Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• Heartbreaking Baby Surgeons episode sees mother abort one twin to save other
  
  Professor Basky Thilaganathan, a doctor on Channel 4 docu-series Baby Surgeons: Delivering Miracles in seen telling nurse Jennifer one of her twin girls is gravely ill in the womb.
  Daily Mail.  Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• Nurse Lucy Letby appears in court in baby murders case
  
  Lucy Letby is accused of killing eight infants while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
  BBC News.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Covid: Refugee nurses are being fast-tracked into the NHS
  
  Walid Jarad fled persecution in Lebanon - now he's being trained to be a NHS nurse in Liverpool.
  BBC News.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Black male nurse makes strides as he graduates salutatorian from Malcolm X College
  
  A man from an underrepresented group graduated with salutatorian ranking from Malcolm X College as a nurse.
  ABC News.  Thursday, 6 May 2021.
• Video of Utah nurse's arrest prompts investigation
  
  There has been an outpouring of support after a video showed how a Salt Lake City nurse was arrested by a police officer. ...
  CBS News.  Wednesday, 5 May 2021.
• Number Of Nurse Practitioners Surpasses 325,000
  
  The ranks of the nurse practitioner profession rose 12% to more than 325,000 this year compared to more than 290,000 NPs a year earlier.
  Forbes.  Tuesday, 4 May 2021.
• Florida nurse broadcasts butt injection during Zoom courtroom hearing
  
  A Florida nurse inadvertently broadcasted herself giving a patient a butt injection while waiting for her virtual court hearing to begin.
  Fox News.  Thursday, 22 Apr 2021.
• Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse joins sports data company used by top NBA teams
  
  The NBA head coach joins the board of Noah Basketball, a sports data, and tech company that tracks shooting performance.
  CNBC.  Wednesday, 21 Apr 2021.
• After YouTuber Stevie Ryan's death, a nurse practitioner faces scrutiny
  
  A nurse practitioner who provided psychiatric care for the late YouTube star and actress Stevie Ryan allegedly engaged in an inappropriate, boundary-crossing relationship with her, according to a legal proceeding.
  Los Angeles Times.  Thursday, 1 Apr 2021.
• Coroner calls on PM to hold COVID inquiry after saying it is 'unclear' when late nurse got the virus
  
  A coroner has called for Boris Johnson to begin a coronavirus inquiry as soon as it is practical after concluding it is unclear when and where a 28-year-old nurse who died with COVID-19 contracted it.
  Sky News.  Tuesday, 30 Mar 2021.
• How Essential Workers Who Shared Their Sundays With Us Are Doing, One Year In
  
  A nurse struggles with low morale; a waiter worries about a rush to normalcy; a respiratory therapist recovers from Covid, and more.
  New York Times.  Sunday, 21 Mar 2021.
• Biden set to sign $1.9T COVID-19 stimulus bill before primetime speech to nation
  
  President Joe Biden is set to sign into law Thursday the $1.9 trillion relief package that he says will help the U.S. defeat the virus and nurse the economy back to health.
  ABC News.  Thursday, 11 Mar 2021.
• What's inside the $1.9T COVID-19 bill passed by Congress
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The sweeping pandemic relief package awaiting President Joe Biden's signature aims to help the U.S. defeat the virus and nurse the economy back to health. ...
  Washington Times.  Thursday, 11 Mar 2021.

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