The Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act proposes to designate 8,000 visas for healthcare workers in shortage professions.
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Another Bill Aims to Increase International Nurse Supply
The Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act proposes to designate 8,000 visas for healthcare workers in shortage professions.
 

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State Audit Slams New York's Oversight of Nurses
New York's comptroller says the state does not investigate complaints swiftly and lets nurses with criminal records retain their licenses.
Some Infection Prevention Guidelines Remain Stubbornly Unclear
In the absence of adequate published guidance, Iowa researchers produce a five-tiered classification of procedures, encompassing "clean, aseptic, sterile-superficial, sterile-invasive," and "surgical-like procedures."
 

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Las Vegas Faced a Massacre. Did It Have Enough Trauma Centers?
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Grant Awarded to Enhance Professionalism Training in Medical Education
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SNFs Seek Relief from Three-Day Hospital Stay Requirement
Critics call the three-day inpatient stay requirement for patients to qualify for Medicare coverage at a skilled nursing facility archaic, irrelevant, and a threat to patient safety.
 

AROUND THE WEB

Hospitals: 'No training on earth that will prepare you for this'
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Nursing home where 12 elderly residents died laid off 245 employees when doors shuttered
Source: The Miami Herald
Puerto Rico's hospitals still in triage mode, 2 weeks after Maria
Source: NBC News
A hospital threw a stillborn baby out with dirty laundry. Now the family is suing.
Source: The Washington Post
Over 100 nurses stage 1-day strike at MA hospital
Source: The Berkshire Eagle
 

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