Article in Time magazine speaks about the pay inequality of women in the United States, and mentions nursing. More...

The results of a new multi-year 3 state study on the impact of staffing levels on patient safety, nurse satisfaction and quality of care were announced today. The following quotes are from the online Health Leaders Media. The full story can be found here: Some selected quotes: Quote: If California's mandatory...

Doctor removes wrong fetus, loses license Published: April 13, 2010 at 10:29 AM SARASOTA, Fla., April 13 (UPI) -- Florida state officials stripped a Sarasota doctor of his license after he aborted the wrong fetus in a woman carrying twins, one with congenital defects. Dr. Matthew J. Kachinas, the obstetrician-gynecologist who performed...

Excerpts from the Sacramento Bee article found here (registration required): California's nursing homes have received $880 million in additional funding from a 2004 state law intended to help hire more caregivers and boost wages. But 232 homes did just the opposite. They either cut staff, paid lower wages or let caregiver levels slip below a...

Man fatally shoots 1, wounds 2, then kills self at Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville News Sentinel KNOXVILLE — Three women were shot and one has died after a gunman opened fire at Parkwest Medical Center and then killed himself this afternoon, according to police. Authorities have released few details in the shooting, which was ...

"Gay, lesbian couples must be allowed visitors, medical power of attorney. President Obama mandated Thursday that nearly all hospitals extend visitation rights to the partners of gay men and lesbians and respect patients' choices about who may make critical health-care decisions for them, perhaps the most significant step so far in his efforts...

When the terrible earthquake struck Haiti, followed by a flood of media attention and global concern, RNs in America knew one thing: nurses would be in Haiti long after the TV cameras left.... A team of registered nurse volunteers from California, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Texas were the latest, departing for Haiti last Friday to serve a...

Article claims that the new healthcare reform laws will increase workloads and make worse the shortage of primary care physicans. This in turn increases stresses on the nursing staff, which may lead to them going out on strike... Ok, am going to warn many of you, do not read this article if you have *not* taken your blood pressure meds...

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"One of New York's largest mass layoffs, of 3,000 workers, will take place on April 30, the projected date when St. Vincent's Hospital will shut its doors forever. Getting half of those workers into new jobs will put the hospital- and union-run Job Security Fund to its most critical test yet. The health care sector in New York is adding jobs,...

"Nursing strikes may put patient lives at risk, according to a study that examined the quality of care in New York hospitals during 50 nursing strikes over two decades. In particular, the researchers found that in-hospital deaths rose by 19.4 percent and readmissions by 6.5 percent for patients treated during strikes." More...

We all remember when Quaids twins received an overdose of heparin. Recent article states, "Dennis Quaid to Endorse Blueprint for Patient Safety" located at full article below. I hope Mr. Quaid explores understaffing of RN's as part of the problem. Dennis Quaid to Endorse Blueprint for Patient Safety

"(CNN) -- With her 5-week-old daughter crying in a bathroom at Nordstrom, and not knowing how to get the baby to latch on to her breast, Garima Nahar found herself surrounded by other women. Some offered tips, but one woman told the new mother to cover up or turn the other way. "I had to kind of hide my tears and just be brave in front of her,...

Rare infection found in Phila. hospital patient By Josh Goldstein INQUIRER STAFF WRITER A patient at Pennsylvania Hospital has been diagnosed with a rare form of staph infection that is believed to stem from the overuse of antibiotics. The patient - a woman on kidney dialysis - had been transferred from Delaware and did not catch the...

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"St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center, the last Catholic general hospital in New York City, has voted to close its inpatient and acute care centers, effectively closing the hospital after more than 160 years." This one really hurts! :crying2::crying2: More...

Congresswoman Barbara Lee, meet with Samuel Merritt University's Dean Audrey Berman who also met with an Obama Presidential Advisor to Legislative Affairs. Mrs. Berman brought up the subject of the New Grad Job Shortage, to which Congreewoman Lee had no knowledge of. Guess my letters regarding new grad job shortage were never read or...

Article from Nurses.com breaks down various benefits for nurses in the new healthcare laws. More...