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NEWS ABOUT: nursing

nursing stories: 12 news summaries
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 Gosselin 
 Renews 
 Nursing 
 License 

If reality fizzles, Kate may have to fall back on previous career

Oct 28, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just in case this whole "being famous for reproducing" thing doesn't work out, Kate Gosselin is keeping her options open: The Jon and Kate Plus 8 star, rumored future talk show host, and aspiring actress went back to her roots and renewed her nursing license, Radar reports. For a... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • nursing • celebrity divorces • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

Despite Layoffs, High-Paying Jobs Go Unfilled

Employers can't find nurses, engineers, energy researchers

Oct 5, 09 9:21 AM CDT
(AP) - In a brutal job market, here's a task that might sound easy: Fill jobs in nursing, engineering and energy research that pay $55,000 to $60,000, plus benefits. Yet even with 15 million people hunting for work, even with the unemployment rate nearing 10%, some employers can't find enough... More »

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unemployment • engineers • nursing • skilled labor

Garrido's Wife Worked as
'Well-Liked' Nursing Aide

Nancy Garrido worked with disabled adults during Dugard's captivity

Sep 3, 09 1:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Garrido worked as a "well-liked" nursing aide helping disabled adults at the same time police say she was helping her husband hold Jaycee Dugard captive, the Contra Costa Times reports. She was hired in 1994, and had references stretching back to 1981. That's the same year she married... More »

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California • abduction • nursing • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido

Mom Fired for Nursing Wins Sex-Bias Suit

Calif. panel rules dismissal amounts
to discrimination

Aug 24, 09 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Firing an employee for breastfeeding during her break amounts to sex discrimination, California’s Fair Employment and Housing Commission ruled last week, awarding her $41,645 in damages, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Marina Chavez was fired from her job at a Los Angeles-area taqueria after breastfeeding her newborn... More »

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California • parenting • discrimination • lawsuit • breast feeding • nursing • sex discrimination • Marina Chavez • Acosta Tacos

 Girls Play Mom With 
 Breastfeeding Doll 

Spanish toy comes with halter top to simulate nursing

Aug 5, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - If urinating and burping toys aren’t enough, a Spanish doll provides simulated breastfeeding, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Bebé Glotón, which translates to Baby Glutton, comes with a halter top for the doll's owner, and it's equipped with a pair of flowers that take on the role of... More »

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Spain • toys • breast feeding • nursing • girls • doll

(Newser) - Facebook executives have again bungled rules banning breasts on the site, this time concerning cancer surgery. Facebook bans "sexual content" and bounced photos a cancer patient posted of her mastectomy scars to educate other women. After a torrent of complaints a Facebook spokeswoman admitted: "We made a mistake,... More »

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breast cancer • women • Facebook • pornography • sexuality • mastectomy • breast feeding • nursing • breasts • man boobs • double mastectomy

Paging Dr. Nurse:
New Degree Sparks Turf War

Physicians irked at nurses' doctoral status

Feb 23, 09 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A doctoral degree for nurses has sparked a backlash from physicians, who say referring to nurses by the title "doctor" could be confusing to patients, NPR reports. “I can just imagine a patient walking into my exam room and saying, ‘Now, Dr. Smith, are you a doctor... More »

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medicine • nurses • physician • doctor • nursing • advanced degrees

 Panda Cub Taken From Mom

Troubling 'behaviors' by newborn and mom Lun Lun

Sep 2, 08 4:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - A giant panda newborn has been taken away from its mother and transferred to an incubator at the Atlanta zoo. Officials said the move was based on “some behaviors by the its mother, Lun Lun," but offered no details. All had seemed well earlier for both the cell-phone-sized... More »

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nursing • Mei Lan • giant pandas • Zoo Atlanta • Lun Lun • Yan Yang • incubator

Nurses With Doctorates
Ease Shortage

Advanced degrees, 'hybrid practitioners' raise questions

Apr 2, 08 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - As part of the effort to counter the worsening doctor shortage, some 200 American nursing schools plan to train "hybrid practitioners" with doctorates in nursing practice who can function as independent primary care givers. But even as the concept of the DNP catches on, some physicians and nurse practitioners... More »

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medicine • education • nurses • physician • health care industry • doctor • shortage • nursing • Doctor of Nursing Practice

Let Them
Eat Fish!

Scientists' advice that pregnant women eat seafood contradicts fed mercury warnings

Oct 4, 07 5:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Contrary to federal FDA recommendations, pregnant women and nursing mothers should eat at least 12 ounces of seafood a week to help promote fetal brain development, according to the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition. The government has been warning moms-to-be and nursing mothers not to eat more than 12... More »

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pregnancy • women's health • fish • baby • methyl mercury • seafood • breast feeding • nursing • omega-3 fatty acids

Nursing Homes Raise Profits, Cut Care

Private equity firms buying up, stripping down facilities

Sep 23, 07 5:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Caring for grandma has become big business for private firms that are buying nursing homes and making them profit generators. But to do it, they’ve severely cut staff—sometimes below legal levels, the New York Times found. “Chains have made a lot of money by cutting nurses,”... More »

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private equity • elderly • nursing homes • nursing • private equity firms • eldercare • senior citizens

Moms Warned of Codeine Risk in
Breast Milk

FDA: Watch out for signs of overdose in babies

Aug 18, 07 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Federal Food and Drug Administration has warned nursing mothers using codeine to be on the lookout for any signs of unusual drowsiness in their babies. A significant number of women have a gene that can concentrate high levels of the painkiller in their breast milk. Last year, a Canadian... More »

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mothers • baby • infant • breast feeding • breast milk • codeine • nursing • morphine

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