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nurses
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Programming errors led to overdoses with pain-medicine pumps
Building off a state health department report showing that, as The Morning Call‘s Tim Darragh wrote, “Nurses at St. Luke’s…
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Navigators work to keep patients from falling through cracks
Patient navigators – “like the air traffic controllers in health care” – captured the attention of Pamela Fayerman of the…
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Member’s book for nurses is published
“Anatomy of Writing for Publication for Nurses,” written by AHCJ member Cynthia Saver, R.N., M.S., has been published by Sigma…
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ProPublica guides reporters to check local boards
For those of you who have followed the ongoing investigation ProPublica’s Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber have done into nurses…
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Nurses face dangers of workplace violence
Marlene A. Prost, writing for Human Resource Executive Online, reports that workplace violence is a growing problem for nurses. She…
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Selden Ring finalists explored nurses, caregivers
Two stories about caregivers were finalists for the 2010 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting: “When Caregivers Harm,” a collaboration…
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Nurses push to make up for physician shortages
Kaiser Health News’ Andrew Villegas reports that the nation’s 125,000-plus nurse practitioners (and physician assistants, certified nurse midwives and dental…
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Problem nurses move from state to state
ProPublica’s Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber have, with the help of the Los Angeles Times‘ Maloy Moore, released the final…
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Temp agencies a haven for problem nurses
Calling it a “free-wheeling, $4-billion industry” fueled by the nation’s chronic nursing shortage, ProPublica reporters Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein…
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Calif. nurse rehab program full of holes
ProPublica’s Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein follow up their investigation of California’s nursing oversight with a story about the failures…