State eases nurse-staffing law until 2008
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Bee Staff Writer. Citing concerns about hospital closings and delays in critical patient care, the state Department of Health Services on Thursday said it will give California hospitals
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Michigan needs to grow its supply of nurses because the state&#39;s 143,604 licensed nurses are graying, and there&#39;s no untapped pool of nurses who can fill the gap as they retire, a survey released today concludes.
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Within five years, physicians could be able to access patients&#39; records from any hospital or doctors&#39; office in the state under a new ``eHealth&#39;&#39; initiative financed with an infusion
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The government is set to announce plans to ease the rules on the opening of new pharmacies.
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US firmss have cut back on the total number of staff employed for the first time in four years, official data shows.
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and the state plans to drop all restrictions after Thanksgiving on any remaining supplies. So depending on how many doses are left Nov.
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The Schwarzenegger administration on Thursday proposed changes to a landmark law that limits the number of hospital patients under a nurse&#39;s care, citing a need for hospital staffing flexibility.
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In the absence of federal action, governors and state legislators are transforming the health care system.
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The use of physical restraints on nursing home patients has dropped by nearly a quarter in two years and fewer residents report suffering from pain, according to a report released yesterday by the Bush administration.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. California&#39;s registered nurses are outraged at the Schwarzenegger administration&#39;s move to delay improving the nurse-to-patient ratio in medical-surgical units until 2008.
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Hospitals told to start special hiring; Health minister says funding is sign province is in &#39;high gear&#39; against C. diff. Quebec Order of Nurses president Gyslaine Desrosiers told a nursing convention yesterday
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The state reversed itself Tuesday on a cut in Medicaid reimbursement for in-patient psychiatric care after hospital representatives showed it would reduce the number of Indiana&#39;s mental health beds.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has extended a deadline for hospitals to be certified as outstanding providers of weight-loss surgery so they can qualify for reimbursement from the state's largest health insurer.
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Even though there&#39;s a steady increase in the number of new registered nurses in the United States, it&#39;s still not enough to prevent a long-term shortage that could cripple
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The use of physical restraints on nursing home patients has dropped by nearly a quarter in two years, and fewer residents report suffering from pain, according
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The National Labor Relations Board ruled yesterday that nurses with full-time responsibility for assigning fellow hospital workers to particular tasks are supervisors under federal labor law and thus not eligible to be represented by unions.
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Senator Edward M. Kennedy proposed legislation last week that calls for up to $10,000 in civil penalties against hospitals that force nurses to work extra hours after completing a shift.