Vicki Good, MSN, RN, CCRN, CCNS, CoxHealth director of nursing, has been certified by the American Organization of Nurse Executives in Executive Nursing Practice. Certification recognizes knowledge of the health care environment, nursing leadership, professionalism, business skills, communication and relationship building.
Shannon Atnip, MPT, CHT, has joined Ozarks Community Hospital. Atnip received her degree in physical therapy from Rockhurst Read the rest of this entry »
The wife of R&B superstar Usher has been released from a hospital in Brazil, just days after suffering a heart attack.
Tameka Foster went into cardiac arrest on February 6 as she was being anesthetized prior to having a “routine surgery,” according to Usher’s publicists.
She was placed in an induced coma for 24 hours and transferred to the intensive care unit at Sirio-Libanes Hospital, where her husband joined her.
Now a spokeswoman for the Read the rest of this entry »
NORTH COUNTY – Tri-City Healthcare District directors, faced with the failure of three bond issues, decided Wednesday night that they still want to replace two main buildings at their hospital in Oceanside to meet earthquake-safety standards.
Their other choice was to retrofit the buildings. But that would leave them with new walls that let in little natural light – maybe just from slits – and would cost about as much as new Read the rest of this entry »
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — The wife of R&B singer Usher was released from a Sao Paulo hospital after spending 11 days recovering from a cardiac arrest she suffered shortly before undergoing plastic surgery.
A spokeswoman for the Sirio-Libanes Hospital said Wednesday that Tameka Raymond left the facility Monday night but declined to provide any details on Raymond’s treatment at the family’s request. The spokewoman spoke on condition of anonymity Read the rest of this entry »
This year, the economy has left many families jobless at the holidays. Add medical problems, domestic violence and other issues, and Christmas is more challenging than ever.
Share Your Christmas is a way the News-Leader and the Holiday Center join together to make Christmas merrier.
This family has been inundated with medical problems in the last couple of years.
The husband suffered a back injury and has also had two knee surgeries. He is physically Read the rest of this entry »
FORT LEWIS, Wash. — Many questions remain unanswered in the mysterious death of a teenage girl in the barracks at the Fort Lewis Army Base. Two former soldiers, however, believe the death resulted from the drugs, alcohol and unrelieved stress that they claim plague the barracks.
The Army on Monday said two girls, both 16, were found unresponsive in the barracks around 3: 30 a.m. on Sunday. One girl was pronounced dead at the scene, and the other Read the rest of this entry »
Published: Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Mom, Santa needs to diet, my 5-year-old son blurted out. If his stomach gets too big, he wont fit down chimneys.
I bet hell go on the North Beach Diet, my older son quipped.
Its North Pole, you dummy, the youngest fired back.
I couldnt believe what I was hearing. Children arent suppose to be talking about diets. Diet is a four-letter word. Kids are naive, presumed innocent to Read the rest of this entry »
January 7, 2009 – 11:52AM
Two health care workers have been suspended and an investigation launched after a newborn baby was left with a stranger at a South Australian airport on Christmas Eve.
The SA Children, Youth and Women’s Health Service confirmed on Wednesday the action taken in what chief executive Gail Mondy described as a very serious incident.
Five-day-old Rayaan Hassan was left with a member of the public at the Port Augusta Airport, Read the rest of this entry »
The Family Health Center of Battle Creek is planning a $7.7 million expansion and is seeking community support, according to several sources.
James Reed, FHC board chairman, said the Battle Creek facility on Emmett Street has become saturated with new patients, most of whom have Medicaid or are uninsured, and it needs more space to grow.
The FHC submitted a grant proposal to the Battle Creek Community Foundation on Sept. 24, said BCCF President Read the rest of this entry »
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