The Associated Press: "Primary care physicians already are in short supply in parts of the country, and the landmark health overhaul that will bring them millions more newly insured patients in the next few years promises extra strain. ...

Registered nurses at Santa Monica's St. John's Health Center said today hospital officials are continuing harassment of nurse activists even after being put on trial by the federal government for charges that it violated RN rights. The RNs, who have been meeting with the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, also today unveiled a new billboard that is on Santa Monica Blvd...

A medical student and faculty directors from the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics analyzed depictions of bioethical issues and professionalism over a full season of two popular medical dramas - "Grey's Anatomy" and "House, M.D." - and found that the shows were "rife" with ethical dilemmas and actions that often ran afoul of professional codes of conduct...

"The nation's largest public hospital system plans to slash its work force - including doctors and nurses - by about 10% over two years as government aid drops and the number of uninsured patients jumps," The Wall Street Journal reports. New York City's Health and Hospitals Corporation, trying to combat a $1 billion deficit, plans to cut "2,600 jobs in the fiscal year that begins July 1...

As an extension of the well received "It's In Your Hands" Campaign to recognize the contribution of perioperative professionals who adhere to good hand hygiene practices, 3M and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) announced the start of a second recognition program called the Perioperative Hand Hygiene Champions Award...

The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF), NSW Nurses' Association (NSWNA) and the Queensland Nurses' Union (QNU) have today applied to Fair Work Australia for the first class action take home pay orders to protect the wages of aged care nurses in Queensland and NSW...

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's rules and procedures are seriously delaying and in some cases preventing nursing home patients from getting the pain medication they need...

In written testimony to the U.S...

The effectiveness of ordinary surgical masks as opposed to respirators in protecting health care workers against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus has been the subject of debate. An observational study published in the April 1, 2010 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, available online (http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10...

The Australian Nursing Federation has called on the government to place a greater emphasis on primary health care - this means employing more nurses in schools, general practice, the community and even in workplaces. ANF Federal Secretary Ged Kearney said health reform must focus on how to keep people healthy and out of hospital...

The Australian Nursing Federation has called on the government to place a greater emphasis on primary health care in rural communities - this means employing more nurses in schools, general practice, the community and even in workplaces.ANF Federal Secretary Ged Kearney said health reform must focus on how to keep people healthy and out of hospital...

Speaking following today's budget, Janet Davies Executive Director of Nursing & Service Delivery at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) warned against possible future 'slash and burn' approaches to the NHS...

Following our recent report on failings at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we have begun exploring when and how we will intervene to protect the public in future cases of suspected systematic failure...

The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) is pleased to announce that certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) have achieved equitable reimbursement for their services under Medicare. As of January 1, 2011, the CNM reimbursement rate will increase from 65% to 100% of the Medicare Part B fee schedule...

During Marilyn Walker's long career as a nurse, she found it hard to do volunteer work. “My hours were irregular. I couldn't really promise to be somewhere to do something,” said Walker, who was a nurse for 42 years at Memorial Hospital.

Ohio's Attorney General sued a defunct Mount Healthy nursing school Wednesday, accusing administrators of closing without giving notice to students and of not reimbursing prepaid tuition.

PLAINS TWP. - More than a year before she lost her job at Frontier Communications, Angela Callahan had already begun pursuing a bachelor's degree in nursing at Misericordia University.

SOUTH COUNTY --- A 27-year-old nurse who stopped to offer help to a driver whose car overturned on northbound Highway 1 Monday afternoon is appealing to others at the scene to check their vehicles for her car keys, which she lost there.

From her work as a nurse and bereavement specialist, Alana Roush touched many lives, but none more than that of the love of her life. She died last week at the age of 64.

A former nursing assistant who worked at a western Minnesota care facility has pleaded guilty to stuffing an elderly resident's mouth with a sock to silence her.