Kia Nurse scored 18 points and Canada rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit to beat rival France 71-60 and win Group A at the FIBA women's World Cup on Tuesday in Tenerife, Spain. With the victory, Canada clinched a bye to the quarter-finals. It was a measure of revenge for Canada against France, which eliminated […]
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5 things nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer suggests might have stopped her killing
A public inquiry into the state of long-term care in Ontario has been ongoing since June to determine how Elizabeth Wettlaufer was able to murder eight patients in her care and what can be done to prevent similar crimes in the future. Before the inquiry began, the ex-nurse was asked what she thinks could have […]
'Don't leave us. We'll die': Nurse recalls rescuing 19 special needs patients from Georgian shelling
A nurse from South Ossetia, who rescued 19 people from a burning psychiatric ward in Tskhinval during the Georgian raid and spent days in a cellar with terrified mental patients, has recalled the tragic events of August 2008. Irina Bibilova was on a night shift on August 8 when the Georgian forces launched a sudden, […]
Medication errors, understaffing plagued homes where serial killer nurse worked, inquiry hears
Provincial long-term care inspectors found problems with staffing levels and how medication was administered at nursing homes where Elizabeth Wettlaufer worked, the long-term care inquiry heard Friday.
Union under fire at Wettlaufer inquiry for defending problem nurse
Within hours of finding out Elizabeth Wettlaufer was suspended for making a medication error, the Ontario Nurses’ Association filed a grievance on her behalf, a public inquiry hears.
Vaughan nurse ran unlicensed cosmetic clinic linked to woman’s death, police say
A Vaughan nurse has been charged with running an illegal, non-surgical cosmetic clinic that caused the death of a patient. Police say she was injecting unregulated substances into her clients.
Tearful boss apologizes at inquiry for nurse who killed in nursing homes
The woman who hired a nurse who killed seven patients in a Woodstock., Ont , care home tearfully apologized on Friday at a public inquiry in St. Thomas, Ont.
Wettlaufer inquiry told co-workers ‘betrayed’ by disgraced nurse who murdered patients
The opening day of the public inquiry into the actions of Elizabeth Wettlaufer, who admitted to killing nursing home patients over a period of years, heard from lawyers representing Ontario long-term care homes who said her co-workers were betrayed by the disgraced nurse.
Think you’ve got a tough job? Try being a nurse
Today’s nurses face many health challenges, including an increase in violence from patients and long shifts that leads to an unhealthy lifestyle, according to new research.
Grey's Anatomy Recap: Bad Medicine — Plus, Is Alex Nurse Olivia's Babydaddy?
Pills don’t come much bitterer than the cure prescribed for what ailed Grey Sloan in Thursday’s Grey’s Anatomy — in other words, the Harper Avery scandal. And, as the hospital’s powers that be grappled with ways to keep it off the critical list, Alex suffered a (metaphorical) heart attack when former fling Nurse Olivia returned […]