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- 8/28/2012
Dinner Tonight: Finger-licken' Cajun chicken
Serve this easy, one-pot meal with a punchy pinot grigio. - 8/27/2012
Family sues nursing home
Lilian Peck is a former resident of the home who died from an infection caused by untreated bedsores. - 8/27/2012
Nurse accidentally throws donated kidney in medical waste
An investigation has been opened at an Ohio medical center after a nurse accidentally disposed of a donated kidney in medical waste. - 8/27/2012
Summer Six-Pack – August 28, 2012
As we wind down our Summer Six-Packs for 2012, check out the stories that fascinated you most about your profession this year. - 8/27/2012
Alzheimer's innovation centre planned for Toronto
TORONTO _ With the help opf $5.4 million from the federal government, B'nai Brith will create the Centre of Innovation Excellence for Alzheimer's Care, an innovation laboratory to develop and test new technologies, products and services related to Alzheimer's disease. - 8/27/2012
Alberta pilot project to relieve nursing shortage
Nurse Locum Pilot Project will increase nurse recruitment by inviting registered nurses to partake in temporary work arrangements in various locations throughout northern Alberta. - 8/27/2012
Non-smokers benefit most from smoking ban, European study finds
MUNICH, GERMANY _ After a smoking ban was introduced in Bremen, Germany, the rate of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) diminished by 26% in non-smokers but remained almost constant in active smokers. - 8/27/2012
B.C. Nurses’ Union and Vancouver Coastal Healthlock horns over sick time attendance
The B.C. Nurses’ Union wants to scrap an unpopular workplace attendance scheme imposed by the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority and an independent arbitrator has been called in to mediate the dispute.