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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center plans to cut up to 200 jobs early next year, though university officials said the final number hasn’t been decided. The job cuts will start Jan. 7.

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center plans to cut up to 200 jobs early next year, though university officials said the final number hasn’t been decided. The job cuts will start Jan. 7.

Title: Controversy Over New ‘Conscience’ Rule Category: Health News Created: 12/22/2008 Last Editorial Review: 12/22/2008

The University of Tennessee’s College of Nursing will halve the number of students it admits next fall unless it can secure $450,000 in external funding in the face of growing state budget pressures.

UT nursing college ailingKnoxville News Sentinel, TN - 7 minutes agoRamsey said other area nursing schools lack the budgets for increasing enrollment to meet the statewide nursing demand. “No one is going to be able to pick …

Rodney Alvarez sums up his job search this way: “Rough — real rough.’’ A single father of three, Alvarez lost his job as a maintenance supervisor at a Hollywood luxury condominium more than a month ago, when the building cut its maintenance staff from seven to four.

9 occupations are hottest jobs aroundMiamiHerald.com, FL - 3 minutes agoApparently, the news has spread: Some nursing schools have waiting lists, although the line gets shorter as new students realize the demands of the job and …

Filipino caregivers face hurdlesThe Japan Times, Japan - 15 minutes agoIn the Philippines, more than 400 nursing schools are producing more nursing graduates than can be employed by hospitals and rest homes. …

Controversy Over New 'Conscience' RuleWebMD - 15 minutes ago… covers an estimated 571947 "entities" including doctors' offices, pharmacies, hospitals, insurers, medical and nursing schools, diagnostic labs, …

An 11th-hour ruling from the Bush administration gives health care workers, hospitals, and insurers more leeway to refuse health services for moral or religious reasons.