OTTAWA, April 15 (UPI) -- Male nurses in Canadian hospitals and nursing homes in 2005 were much more likely to be physically assaulted by a patient than female nurses, officials said.
MONTREAL, July 10 (UPI) -- A hospital west of Montreal is being swamped with offers of a home for a newborn boy abandoned there this week, officials said.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The Maltese pup that inherited $12 million from Leona Helmsley has been forced to flee Helmsley's Connecticut estate after receiving dozens of death threats.
KATOWICE, Poland, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Four nurses at a children's clinic in Poland are accused of putting premature babies in their pockets and playing with them as if they were dolls.
LIMA, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Public health nurses in Peru were back at work Monday after ending a 38-day strike resulted in a deal, but not a contract.
NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. Pediatric Nursing Certification Board warns the term "baby nurse" might mean nothing more than a babysitter.
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 (UPI) -- An abandoned baby found by a family dog near Nairobi, Kenya, was responding well to treatment Monday, doctors said.
THORNTON, Colo., March 16 (UPI) -- A Thornton, Colo., woman has filed a lawsuit against a hospital, claiming nurses brought her the wrong baby to breastfeed, KMGH-TV Denver reported.
WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Health and Human Services Department Thursday said it was awarding $15.5 million in grant money to help ease the nation's nursing shortage.
CHICAGO, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A woman in a Chicago suburb finally persuaded dubious hospital nurses she had not just given birth to an abandoned baby and now says she may like to adopt.
