Category: nurse

Nurse Attacked Near Union Station Dies In Hospital She Served At For 38 Years

LOS ANGELES—A 70-year-old nurse died Jan. 16 among her colleagues at the hospital where she had worked for nearly four decades, succumbing to injuries suffered days earlier in an attack by a homeless man while waiting for a bus near Union Station to make her morning commute. Sandra Shells was attacked about 5:15 a.m. Thursday…


Retired Nurse’s 4 Grandkids Befriend 93-Year-Old WWII Nurse Cadet: ‘Bonus Grandma’

When a nurse who had befriended an elderly care home resident decided to introduce the woman to her four grandkids, the children thought they “wouldn’t be able to talk to her.” Yet in opening their hearts and minds to a different kind of friendship, they found their “Bonus Grandma.” The now-retired nurse, Vickie Rodgers of Southern…


Germany: Ex-Nurse Convicted of Killing 4 at Disabled Home

BERLIN—A former nurse at a home for the severely disabled in eastern Germany was convicted of murder and given a 15-year sentence on Wednesday for killing four residents. The state court in Potsdam ordered the 52-year-old woman sent to a psychiatric hospital, German news agency dpa reported. She also was convicted of attempted murder and…


LA County Looking to Hire 200 More Nurses Amid Nursing Shortage

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County will add about 200 registered nurses (RN) to the Department of Health Services to achieve staffing standards as California struggles with a nursing shortage. The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors voted Dec. 21 to approve a motion to help hospitals within the county reach the state’s “nurse-to-patient ratio”—at least one nurse…


Nurse Technician Moved to Tears Seeing Paraplegic Walk

Bless this lady and her compassionate heart.


Hardworking Teen Trainee Nurse Buys First Home at 19: ‘I Am a Saver at Heart’

A teenager has purchased her first home while training to become a nurse and working weekends in a take-away. Just weeks after she turned 19, Isabella Hunter single-handedly bought her 107,000 pound (approx. US$146,300) two-bedroom, semi-detached home. The savvy youngster from Dearham, Cumbria, in England, stepped onto the property ladder in April and, unfazed by the…


Texas Nurse Convicted of Killing 4 Men With Air Injections

TYLER, Texas—A Texas nurse was convicted Tuesday of capital murder in the deaths of four patients who died after prosecutors say he injected them with air following heart surgeries. The Smith County jury deliberated for about an hour before finding William George Davis, of Hallsville, guilty of capital murder involving multiple victims. Prosecutors planned to…


Pennsylvania Hospital System Mitigates Worker Shortage With Bonuses, Vaccine Deferrals

As a worker shortage plagues most businesses, St. Luke’s University Health Network is using several strategies to mitigate employee loss, including how it administers the federal vaccine mandate, and large sign-on bonuses for new workers. St. Luke’s operates 12 hospitals and more than 300 outpatient locations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The health system recently…


Minnesota Hospital Shuts Down ER and Urgent Care Amid Nurse Strike

A hospital in Minnesota confirmed it temporarily shut down its emergency room and urgent care facility due to a nurse strike. Allina Health, located in Plymouth, said in a statement that due to the strike, emergency and urgent care services at its WestHealth location were suspended from Sunday morning until Wednesday. “No other services on the…


Looking for Compromise: Pennsylvania Health Heroes Face Consequences of Refusing Vaccine

FAYETTEVILLE, Pa.—Brandon Adkins wore his “Hero” t-shirt to an off-campus gathering of Wellspan Health workers who are eager to find a compromise to the impossible choice: get vaccinated or get fired. Not long ago, before the vaccine was developed, when more people were dying and the way COVID-19 spreads was less understood, healthcare workers like…