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Nursing
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Virtual nursing: A possible solution to a national shortage
Hospitals are increasingly using remote virtual nurses to help with administrative tasks and the training of new nurses.
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Spike in travel nurses’ pay reflects deeper staffing concerns
Independent Journalist Sarah DiGregorio recently offered good advice in a March 14 perspective opinion article in the Washington Post to reporters…
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Health care ballot measures challenge reporters to separate fact from fiction
In California, an initiative known as Proposition 8 asks voters to limit the revenue that kidney dialysis clinics can earn.…
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New AARP report looks at onus on spousal caregivers
A new report from the The United Hospital Fund and AARP Public Policy Institute finds that spouses who act as…
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NICHE program focuses on geriatric care from nursing perspective
Is your local hospital a NICHE facility? Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders is a nurse-driven program aiming to improve…
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Lawsuit reveals failures in hospital hiring practices
St. Petersburg Times reporter Curtis Krueger’s story about a successful whistleblower suit against a Florida hospital provides a powerful storyline…
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Calif. finds 3,500 nurses were disciplined elsewhere
California’s nursing board has confirmed what fans of Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber’s disciplined caregivers series for ProPublica and the…
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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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Report details errors in waiting-room death
The Philadelphia Inquirer‘s Tom Avril reports on how hospital errors led to the death of a 63-year-old north Philadelphia guidance…
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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…