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Word Around the Net (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
"There is no pain, you are receding..." Illinois, 2002. A nurse working at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois (the really rich part of Chicago) testifies before the Illinois state legislature about a big change made in the hospital. Instead of leaving children that were born still living as part of an abortion attempt in a utility room until they die, Christ Hospital built a special "Comfort
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Emergiblog (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Here we see registered nurses working in the laundry room. Whatever they are doing, it’s out of the same material “of which Kotex is made”! So… Kotex is made from hospital towels? Doesn’t this make you wonder what the other 15% of hospitals use? How many “absorbents” are on the market anyway? Reminds me of when I shadowed a nurse [...]
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Global Development: Views from the Center (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
A subcommittee of the U.S. Congress has just approved a bill that would let modestly more foreign nurses work in the United States. New York Times reporters are concerned that measures like this, by encouraging movement of nurses out of...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
AMSN has endorsed the Proclamation for Change initiated by a time and motion study, which identifies ways to improve the nurse work environment, conducted by leaders at Ascension Health and Kaiser Permanente. The proclamation includes principles to guide decisions about hospital design and technology and is available on AMSN's Web site.
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Weapons of Mass Discussion (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
This just in... Group representing 150,000 registered nurses works for the improvement of health standards and the availability of health care services for all people SPRINGFIELD, OH (07/25/08) - The Ohio Nurses Association Political Contributing Entity has announced its endorsement of Chris Widener, candidate for the Ohio Senate. "Chris Widener demonstrated support for nurses and their healthcare...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
By Corsicana Daily Sun, Texas Jul. 12--Many times when one thinks of where nurses work, a hospital with sick people comes to mind. However, nurses work in many areas and agencies away from the hospital setting and all patients are not sick.
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Some Houston-area nurses are working four-hour shifts and drawing $10,000 bonuses as hospitals compete to fill positions in certain specialties.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Three registered nurses working at the Maypole Nursing Home have received a striking off order from the Nursing & Midwifery Council following a string of incidents in which they failed to ensure that patients received the appropriate standard of care.
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Three nurses who worked at a Birmingham care home have been struck off the nursing register over professional misconduct matters.
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
A former nursing home aide charged with raping an elderly woman at the South Salt Lake nursing home where he worked has pleaded guilty to forcible sex abuse, a second-degree felony.
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
The Quebec government will spend $80 million on measures aimed at offsetting a chronic shortage of nurses in the provinces, Health Minister Philippe Couillard announced Tuesday.
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Posted: 1:29 PM- A former nursing home aide charged with raping an elderly woman at the South Salt Lake nursing home where he worked has pleaded guilty to forcible sex abuse, a second-degree felony.
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Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
A man originally charged with raping an elderly woman at a nursing home where he worked has pleaded guilty to a lesser crime as part of a plea bargain.
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Fat Doctor (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
A couple of weeks ago, I asked the teen daughter of a nurse I work with to please join me at the park to take photos of Son and his friend at play. At 17 and just finished with her junior year in high school, she has already had her art displayed publicly in her city. Paintings, drawings, sculpture and photography. Her mom showed me copies of her photos and I fell in love with this girl's talent. She...
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Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
A man originally charged with raping an elderly woman at a nursing home where he worked has pleaded guilty to a lesser crime as part of a plea bargain.
