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Friday, May 17, 2013  Updated with video; Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital named registered nurse Patricia S. Kennedy as their nurse of the year on Thursday afternoon during an awards ceremony.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Updated with video; Turner students participate in a career fair

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Updated with video; When Princes Patani moved to America she decided to follow her dream and become a nurse.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Updated with video; All this week, health care providers across the United States will be celebrating National Nurses Week.

Sunday, April 14, 2013  Updated with video; Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College held their second annual ‘Run for the Nurses’ Saturday morning.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  In the Facebook story of the day you wanted to know what other certifications, besides CPR/AED, you can get from the American Red Cross.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Updated with video; In our Facebook story of the day you wanted to know what some tips are to help you start preparing for Spring gardening.

Monday, March 04, 2013  The nursing home's administrators are defending the nurse's actions, saying she followed policy.

Sunday, February 24, 2013  Updated with video; 44 first responders and nurses experienced a very realistic training course simulating how to react to a bomb-in-a-theatre situation in Tifton on Friday.

Friday, February 01, 2013  Updated with video; Albany Technical College held a press conference Thursday morning to officially announce the start of their new Registered Nurse (RN) associate degree program.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  Updated with video; After parents expressed their concern following what they thought was a high number of absences in their children's class, Fox 31 reached out to the Lee County Board of Education who said although there are always sicknesses in the winter, this year is no worse than previous years.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  Updated with video; Georgia Secretary of State, Brian Kemp, is sending a warning to nurses that if they don't renew their licenses within the next two days, they may face a penalty.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  Turner Job Corps Center, its students, staff and community partners are congratulating a student employee, Mustafa Reed, on his recent completion of his internship in Congressman Sanford Bishop's District Office.

Thursday, December 13, 2012  Nurse Jacintha Saldanha was discovered hanging by a scarf from a wardrobe in her nurses' quarters by a colleague and a member of security staff at London's King Edward VII Hospital.

Friday, December 07, 2012  The two Australian disc jockeys responsible for the prank call have been relieved from work "until further notice."