Last week, lawmakers in Kansas and Idaho took action on various proposals related to abortion rights...

Today, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) commences its inaugural Nursing Student Policy Summit in Washington, DC for the next generation of health policy leaders...

Life gets even more complicated for Nurse Jackie, played by Edie Falco.

The next time you're tempted to refer to some reality fame-seeker as a "star," think of Edie Falco and refrain.

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Nurse Jackie: Drama. 10 p.m. Mondays on Showtime. RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)United States of Tara: Dramedy. 10:30 p.m. Mondays on Showtime. Jackie and Tara have issues. And heading into the second seasons of their respective shows,...

Published: Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 3:35 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 3:35 p.m. HOUMA — A large steel power pole fell in front of the Chateau Terrebonne nursing home shortly after noon Sunday, dragging two other nearby poles down with it.

A Connecticut nurse who police say was caught on video abusing a 63-year-old quadriplegic man is set to be arraigned at Waterbury Superior Court. Forty-two-year-old Tammy Labrecque of Waterbury is set to appear in court Tuesday to face charges of cruelty to persons and breach of peace. She has been free since posting $2,500 bail following her arrest March 14.

Nurse Jackie Peyton was passed out from a hit of morphine when we last saw her. Time to wake up: The second season of Showtime's "Nurse Jackie" premieres Monday at 10 p.m. ET.

LOS ANGELES — A state Senate report released Friday said nurse assistants who lost their certification over abuse, negligence or theft in nursing homes were able to go to work as caregivers in assisted living facilities because of a computer tracking loophole.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Nurse Jackie Peyton was passed out from a hit of morphine when we last saw her, an attempt at a momentary escape from life's troubles.

A Connecticut nurse who police say was caught on video abusing a 63-year-old quadriplegic man is set to be arraigned at Waterbury Superior Court.

Riverview Land Co. has petitioned the city of Ann Arbor to amend its site plan for Riverview of Ann Arbor Nursing Facility at 355 Huron View Blvd.

Tinley Park nurse Sue Hickerson says if anyone is to be commended it is thepeople who work with her at the Community Health Nurse Associationlow-income clinic in La Grange. But it was Hickerson's perseverance and ability to dream big, not tomention her comforting bedside manner, that earned her the 2010 HeroNurse award from the Red Cross.

Eleanor Hoffman, a nurse who defied conventional thinking about working women and went on to redefine what it means to retire, died March 9 of complications from a recent fall. She was 84.

OTTAWA — Canada is in danger of losing huge numbers of nurses to other countries as provincial governments struggle to slash deficits by freezing or cutting their jobs, nursing advocates say.

The crusade continues to save local nursing homes from closing.

The decision is one of the hardest you will ever make. Your spouse, parent or another loved one needs care that assisted living or home health care simply cannot provide. You need to choose a nursing home.

The Naeve School of Nursing Alumni Club is updating records in preparation of its 100th anniversary celebration in 2012. If you have any information on these graduates; please call Gladys Wagner at 373-2216.

A local, bipartisan delegation of state lawmakers is introducing legislation to prevent more local nursing homes from closing.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A state Senate report released Friday said nurse assistants who lost their certification over abuse, negligence or theft in nursing homes were able to go to work as caregivers in assisted living facilities because of a computer tracking loophole.