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Quinn signs new nursing home safety bill
Even before Gov. Pat Quinn signed landmark nursing home safety reforms into law today in a room packed with senior citizens, top state officials have been working behind the scenes to implement many provisions of the new legislation aimed at ending chronic violence in the facilities. Work already has begun on hiring dozens of additional nursing home inspectors, as well as writing rules that will ...
July 29, 2010 at 7:52 pm | read more
Nursing school announces inaugural classes
SACRAMENTO The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis selected 33 students to make up the inaugural Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership Graduate classes. The first cohort is comprised of eight Doctor of Philosophy students and 25 Master of Science students.
July 29, 2010 at 6:17 pm | read more
New nursing home law increases staffing, oversight
CHICAGO (AP) Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation that will require more staffing and better oversight of Illinois nearly 800 nursing homes to improve patient safety. The reforms Quinn signed into law Thursday are aimed at a pattern of violence in Illinois nursing homes stemming from the states long reliance on the facilities to [...]
July 29, 2010 at 5:25 pm | read more
Nursing chair to serve on state board of nursing
Triton College Associate Degree Nursing Chairwoman Joan Libner was appointed by Secretary Brent Adams of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation as the representative for associate degree nursing education on the Illinois Board of Nursing.
July 29, 2010 at 5:07 am | read more
New nursing home reform legislation coming to IL
The legislation will require many nursing homes to hire more staff members to care for residents.
July 29, 2010 at 2:42 pm | read more
Nursing student: Haiti is an experience I will never forget
HAMILTON - Three Miami University Hamilton nursing students will share their experiences as volunteers in the island nation of Haiti, still recovering from a devastating earthquake six months ago, at a special Egghead Cafe program.
July 29, 2010 at 2:06 am | read more
Another NMC Nursing graduate passes NCLEX on 1st try
Another nursing graduate of the Northern Marianas College recently passed the challenging National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses on the first attempt. Milescelyn Rodriguez took the exam on July 20, nearly two months after she graduated from NMC with a degree in Nursing.
July 29, 2010 at 10:06 am | read more
Judge: Nursing home operators misled psychiatric patients
A federal judge has issued a stinging rebuke to for-profit nursing home operators, saying they were using scare tactics to persuade psychiatric patients to stay in the facilities instead of moving into supportive community housing. The ruling, made public today, is related to a landmark proposed court settlement in which Illinois authorities pledged to offer supportive community-based housing ...
July 28, 2010 at 7:07 pm | read more
Nursing jobs should be filled, says Denosa
The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa has urged the Department of Health to declare every nursing positions "beyond critical" in a bid to fill vacancies nationwide.
July 28, 2010 at 6:43 pm | read more
Nursing chief's summer warning
AN EMERGENCY nursing chief at Basingstoke hospital has cautioned youngsters and their parents against the dangers they may run into while on holiday.
July 28, 2010 at 4:30 am | read more
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