Weekly Nursing News 2008-04-25

Fast-tracking nursing students now an option at U of O
Ottawa Citizen, Canada
Under pressure to produce nurses more quickly, the University of Ottawa is allowing students who already have a degree to cut short their time in nursing …

Drew University to build research, nursing facility
Los Angeles Times, CA
The new 63000-square-foot building that will house the research center and nursing school is scheduled to be completed in fall 2009. …

QNU pleased with nursing accommodation overhaul
ABC Online, Australia
The Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) says it is pleased Workplace Health and Safety officers have ordered improvements to nurses' accommodation in remote areas …

Grant funds nursing program at Bassett
Oneonta Daily Star, NY
By Denise Richardson Five registered nurses at Bassett Healthcare are teaching nursingstudents through a recently started program implemented through a …

Nursing Professor Wins Sturgill Award
UK News, KY
(April 23, 2008) Lynne A. Hall, Marcia A. Drake Professor of Nursing Science and associate dean for research and science in the University of Kentucky …