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Nurses Threaten To Strike Over Swine Flu

AP | SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Strike, California, Swine Flu Vaccine, Nurses, Preparation, Swine Flu Nurse Strike, Swine Flu, California Nurses Association, H1N1 Vaccine, Catholic Healthcare West, California Nurses Union, Nursing Strike, Swine Flu Preparedness, Vaccine, H1n1, Home News

LOS ANGELES — A California nurses' union has threatened a one-day strike at 34 hospitals, accusing the providers of poor swine flu preparedness....

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Aging Parents, Home Care: What You Need To Know When Hiring Health Aides

Fern Siegel | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Home Care, Health Care, Partners in Care, Seniors, Living News, Nursing, Nurses, New York City, New York News
Fern Siegel

What do families need to know when hiring home care? It's critical to factor in cost, job requirements, employee consistency, security issues and expertise.

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Alzheimer's Disease: Is Our Health Care System Ready?

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia, Nurses, Social Workers, Department of Aging and Adult Services, Alzheimers Disease, Brain Fitness, Memory Walks, Alzheimers Association, Early Detection Alliance, Diagnosis, Healthcare System, Doctors, Cognitive Health, Caregivers, Health Literacy, Psychiatrists, Alzheimer, Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

Not enough attention seems focused on ensuring health care systems' preparedness to deal with cognitive health issues -- with Alzheimer's Disease as the most dramatic example.

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City Short 9,000 Nurses, Number Expected To Grow

Chi-Town Daily News | Alex Parker | Posted 09.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Metropolitan Healthcare Council of Greater Chicago, Chicago Nursing Shortage, Chicago Nurses, Nurses, Nurse Shortages, Chicago News

By 2025, some estimates predict the shortage of nurses to grow to 260,000 nationwide. In the Chicago area, there could be a shortage of nearly 11,000 ...

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Stealing From California's Young People

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Student Fee Hikes, Prison Spending, CSU Board of Trustees, California State University, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Oil Severance Tax, Senate Republicans, Oil Tax, Exxonmobile, CSU Chancellor Charles Reed, CSU System, California Republicans, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Pay Cuts, Higher Education, California Budget, Shell Oil, Higher Education Cuts, California State Legislature, Tobacco Tax, Teachers, Nurses, Chico State University, Arnold, California Republican Minority, Assemblyman Alberto Torrico, California Faculty Association, President Paul Zingg, California Prisons, Budget Cuts, California Budget Crisis, Furloughs, Cfa, Csu, ab656, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

By blocking any new revenue streams to fund higher education, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Senate Republican minority are not only taxing California's young people and their families, they are crippling the state's future.

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Why Doctors & Nurses Need Twitter

Barbara Ficarra | Posted 08.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Barbara Ficarra, Doctors, Social Media, Twitter, Nurses, healthin30, Health Care, Medicine, Living News
Barbara Ficarra

I use Twitter and I like it. As a registered nurse, twitter helps me promote health and wellness and it helps me educate the public on vital health topics.

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Loose Reins On Nurses In Drug Abuse Program

ProPublica | Posted 08.25.2009 | Home

Read More: Drug Recovery Programs, Nurses, Melony Currier, Prescription Drugs, Hospitals, Drugs, Recovery Programs, Rehab, Drug Rehab, Home News

Over 4 1/2 years, Melony Currier had been discovered high in her car at a Hollywood hospital, stolen anesthetics at a San Gabriel Valley hospital, bee...

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Union Nurses Call For Health Care Reform (WATCH)

The Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Afscme, Health Care Ad, Nurses, Health Care, Politics News

The American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) will begin airing a new television ad on Sunday as part of their health care ...

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'Outlaw Mother's Milk' Says Drug Czar

Don Parker | Posted 08.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Mother's Milk, Nurses, Marijuana, American Academy of HIV Medicine, American Public Health Association, Institute of Medicine, Medical Marijuana, Science, Teen Alcohol Abuse, Political Humor, War on Science, Gil Kerlikowske, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Teenagers, Teen Tobacco Abuse, Drunk Driving, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, American Nurses Association, Seattle Police Chief, Fresno Bee, Drug Czar, Drug War, Doctors, Political Satire, Drug Policy, Tobacco, Republican War on Science, Legalize Marijuana, Lymphoma Foundation of America, Comedy News
Don Parker

After declaring on Wednesday in Fresno that "marijuana is dangerous and has no medicinal benefit," Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House Office...

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Universal Healthcare: A Matter of Political Will (Updated)

Christine Pelosi | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Cbo, Nurses, Universal Healthcare, Pregnancy, Doctors, Insurance Companies, 2008 Election, Health Care, Barack Obama, Pre-Existing-Condition, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

Elections have consequences: we voted for universal health care and intend to get it done.

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Nurses on TV: HawthoRNe is Strong Stuff

Barbara Ficarra | Posted 07.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Nusing Dramas, Barbara Ficarra, Doctors, Nurses, Tv, Healthin30.Com, Tnt, Hawthorne, Entertainment News
Barbara Ficarra

I'm delighted to see that the new TV series HawthoRNe avoids most of the media stereotypes of nursing, portraying a nurse character that is strong, determined, smart and assertive.

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Be Careful Who You Trust -- Nurses Included

Diane Dimond | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Nurse Wilma Stephens, Diane Dimond, Poor Background Checks, Criminal Nurses, Diane Dimond Weekly Column, Traveling Nurses, State Nurse Licensing Boards, Nurse Licensing Problems, Nurses, Health, Living News
Diane Dimond

Why isn't there a national data base where complaints and disciplinary problems with nurses can be reported to warn potential employers and patients?

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A Doctor's Tips for Surviving Your Hospitalization

Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Medical Care, Hospitals, Doctors, Nurses, Health Care, Health, Living News
Dr. Johnny Benjamin

Every day in the hospital is another opportunity for a complication, infection or human error to strike. Do everything within reason to limit those opportunities.

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TV Nursing Dramas: Nurse Jackie Needs Healing, Hawthorne Offers Hope

Barbara Ficarra | Posted 07.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Barbara Ficarra, Jada Pinkett Smith, Drama Series, Nurses, healthin30, Edie Falco, Media, Nurse Jackie, Showtime, Hawthorne, Entertainment News
Barbara Ficarra

Two TV nursing dramas debut next month. Only one seems to have potential to represent the real lives of nurses.

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America's RNs Call for Much Broader Response to Swine Flu

Deborah Burger | Posted 05.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care, Swine Flu, Nurses, Swine Flu Pandemic, California Nurses Association, Living News
Deborah Burger

An immediate shift in priorities and thinking is needed, if not for swine flu, for the coming plague.

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Intuitive Scanning for Health: An Interview with Medical Intuitives

Margaret Ruth | Posted 05.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Medical-Intuitives-Give-Amazing-Insights, Holistic Health, Nurses, Medical Intuitives, Margaret Ruth, Health, Intuitive Experiences, Alternative Healing, Intuitive Scanning, Nontraditional, Intuitive, Living News
Margaret Ruth

Just as an X-ray machine scans a body in order to gain specific medical details, an intuitive scan works to provide an energetic portrait of the client.

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Tell the Insurers and Congress We Need Real Reform

Deborah Burger | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Single Payer, Nurses, National Nurses Organizing Committee, California Nurses Assoication, Healthcare, Politics News
Deborah Burger

The biggest debate now is not over whether to adopt a national healthcare system, but whether to force people to buy private insurance and to tax their employer-funded health benefits.

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Time Running Out For Filipino Veterans

Jonah Lalas | Posted 04.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Justice for Filipino Veterans, Garment Workers, Pilipino, Organizing, Filipinos, Nurses, Filipino Veterans, Labor, Glass Ceiling, Asian Americans, Breaking Politics News, Barack Obama Asians, World War II Veterans, Asian-American Vote, Labor Unions, Reparations, Bataan Death March, Mang Peping, Manong Peping, Bataan, Fasgi, Home News
Jonah Lalas

Many thousands of Filipinos answered Roosevelt's call to join the U.S. forces fighting Japan in the Philippines, but had been denied the benefits they were promised until last month.

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Healthcare: Its Still the Economy Stupid!

Dr. Peter Klatsky | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Economy and Healthcare, Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Healthcare Summit, Nurses, Health IT, Economy, President Obama, Economic Crisis, Number of Uninsured, Health; Health Care; Health Insurance; Universal Healthcare; Barack Obama; John Mccain; British Healthcare; David Cameron; Hillary Clinton; Mandates; Premiums; Uninsured Millions; United Kingdom; London; British Conservatives; Liberals, Health Insurance, Obama Economy, Healthcare, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Healthcare Jobs, Doctors, Medical Costs, Auto Industry, Politics News
Dr. Peter Klatsky

The economic and healthcare crises exist together and must be addressed as one.

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A Victory for the Asian-American Community

Jonah Lalas | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pilipino, Hotel Janitors, Survivor, Employee Free Choice Act, Nurses, Asian Americans, Glass Ceiling, Garment Workers, Labor Unions, Asian-American Vote, Labor, Organizing, 80-20, Filipinos, Justice for Filipino Veterans, Barack Obama Asians, World War II Veterans, Unions, 80-20-Initiative, Piyush Jindal, Bobby Jindal, The Philippines, Politics News
Jonah Lalas

The Filipino veterans have received their due, but Asian workers have not. It is up Asian activists to continue to educate and politicize our youth.

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Someone to Watch Over Them: Looking Out for Our Parents

David Zoll | Posted 03.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Caring for the Aged, Aging in Place, Aging, Nurses, Nursing Homes, Health and Human Services, Health Care, Old Age, Healthcare Management, Care Manager, Living News
David Zoll

Our aging society is facing health illiteracy, a dangerous problem that has been flying under the radar.

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On Healthcare Reform Stimulating the Economy: The Massachusetts Example

Maggie Mahar | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nurses, Health Care Costs, Jonathan Gruber, Drugs, Medical Errors, Health Insurance, Unncessary, Legislation, SCHIP Program, Primary Care, Health, Structural Reform, Over-Priced, Devices, Universal Health Care, Health Reform, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Maggie Mahar

Too many proposals for healthcare reform focus solely on universal access and run the risk of sending good money after bad. The question we need to ask is: "Access to what"?

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Palin Mirrors McCain's Free Market Healthcare Fundamentalism

Deborah Burger | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, John McCain, Nurses, Healthcare, Sarah Palin, California Nurses Association, Politics News
Deborah Burger

Gov. Palin's portfolio on healthcare, as in other areas, is thin. But she is a vocal proponent of market medical care and deregulation, the path that has led to the current grave healthcare crisis.

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It Doesn't Have To Be Like This

Beth Broderick | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: California, Health Insurance, Health Care, Nurses, California Nurses Association, Politics News
Beth Broderick

All of us have stories about desperately ill friends and family who have faced the cold cruel reality of being denied treatment by an indifferent insurer. We must all make our voices heard.

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