Archive for April, 2007

An Absence of Tender Loving Care: The Nursing Home Dilemma – Century Foundation

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

An Absence of Tender Loving Care: The Nursing Home DilemmaCentury Foundation, NY - 1 hour agoLast August, the New York Timesreported that nursing schools had to turn away “almost 150000 qualified applicants in 2005—up 18 percent over the previous …

Blagojevich Asks Nurses to Push for Healthcare Plan (WCIA 3 Champaign-Urbana)

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

Reported by: Catie Sheehan / My CFN News at 9 04/24/2007 05:00pm Governor Blagojevich is asking thousands of nurses to help him push for a plan that would give health insurance to everyone in the state. But some nurses say that plan might not make working conditions better for them.

Expansion poses challenge; Nurses needed at Sun Health – Newszap Arizona

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

Newszap ArizonaExpansion poses challenge; Nurses needed at Sun HealthNewszap Arizona, AZ - 1 hour agoWith decreasing enrollment in nursing schools and a rising demand for health care, Sun Health officials are faced with a dilemma. …

Blagojevich Asks Nurses to Push for Healthcare Plan – WCIA-3 News

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

Blagojevich Asks Nurses to Push for Healthcare PlanWCIA-3 News, IL - 29 minutes agoStudent nurses are also pushing for legislation that would bring more educators into nursing schools. They say they would give more people the chance to …

Report highlights nursing shortage in South (The Clarion-Ledger)

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

The South will need to fill vacancies for nearly 40,000 registered nurses each year through 2014, a new study shows.

Report highlights nursing shortage in South – Jackson Clarion Ledger

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

Report highlights nursing shortage in SouthJackson Clarion Ledger, MS - 27 minutes agoAt the same time, the SREB’s Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing found there were 26000 qualified applicants turned away from nursing schools in the …

Zimbabwe: Western Propaganda Now Absurd (AllAfrica.com)

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

THE upsurge on the media demonisation campaign against Zimbabwe has reached laughable proportions with some of the articles being published by the willing dogs of the regime change agenda bordering on lunacy.

Nursing students, officials meet (The Natchez Democrat)

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

NATCHEZ — More than 40 nursing students concerned about high rates of failure on an exit exam met with school officials Monday to hear the Alcorn State University School of Nursing position on the recent tests.

Class at Maui hospital helps prepare returning nurses (Honolulu Advertiser)

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

WAILUKU, Maui — The hard-driving beat of “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees paced the nurses as they repeatedly pushed down on the chest of a mannequin named Dave in an exam room at Maui Memorial Medical Center.

Class at Maui hospital helps prepare returning nurses – Honolulu Advertiser

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

Class at Maui hospital helps prepare returning nursesHonolulu Advertiser, HI - 1 hour agoIn Hawai'i there are additional issues, such as lack of faculty and limited training positions in hospitals, which are preventing nursing schools from …