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CNA/NNOC Endorses Sen. Barack Obama
The nation's largest organization of registered nurses, the California Nurses Association/ National Nurses Organizing Committee, today endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. In announcing its endorsement, the 80,000-member CNA/NNOC (AFL- CIO), which has members in all 50 states, cited "a stark distinction between Sen. Obama and Sen. John McCain on major fundamental issues facing the American people today, especially in ...Published 8 days ago | Rated +3 -
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Mother's Anger Turns to Delight After Baby Survives Abortion
Finley Crampton really shouldn't be here. Although his parents would have loved another child, they knew their baby could inherit a life-threatening kidney condition – and they couldn't take the risk. After all, their first son had died of the condition and the second was born with serious kidney damage. So when Finley's mother, Jodie Percival, became pregnant while on the ...Published 28 days ago | Rated +10 -
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Pregnant Man Update: We May Have More Babies
"I feel fantastic," he said. "I cannot wait to see my baby's face." In a tender and intimate moment, Thomas shares a cuddle with wife Nancy—before telling the News of the World of his secret hopes for the future. With four weeks to go, he sensationally reveals the couple are ready to have more babies after the birth of their daughter. ...Published 25 days ago | Rated +8 -
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Finding the Future of Nursing
After 28 years as a staff nurse at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, you'd think Victoria Clark would be just about ready to retire. But the 51-year-old said she really enjoys working in the maternity ward and isn't planning to leave just yet. In the midst of a growing national nursing shortage, she said, she understands it's critically important for ...Published 4 days ago | Rated +5 -
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Hospitals Bump Salaries and Bonuses
How eager are Memphis-area hospitals to find nurses? A $5,000 signing bonus awaits people who qualify for some specialized nursing jobs at Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, said Marilyn Kerkhoff, the hospital's interim chief nurse. And to keep up with local competitors, the government bumped up pay earlier this year for all Memphis VA nurses. Now, a nurse with a two-year ...Published 17 days ago | Rated +7 -
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Nurse Charged with Injecting Patients with Bleach
LUFKIN, Texas — A former nurse accused of intentionally injecting bleach into two patients at a dialysis center was arrested Friday, police said. Two witnesses said they saw Kimberly Clark Saenz, 34, draw bleach into syringes and inject it into two patients' dialysis lines at the DaVita Dialysis Center on April 28, Lufkin police said in a statement. Both patients survived, ...Published about 1 month ago | Rated +10 -
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Want to Live to 107?
As soon as they finished singing "Happy Birthday," Helen McCarthy plucked a yellow frosting flower off her cake and popped it into her mouth. She turned 107 on Wednesday. "I don't have a secret," she said about her longevity. Her nephew John Guzofksi, who has taken care of her for the past 25 years, disagreed. "Your secret is you never got ...Published 14 days ago | Rated +8 -
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Ten Reasons to Date a Nurse
Users on Facebook, the ultra successful social networking site, virtually given birth to a new user-generated genre: the “Ten Reasons Why You Should Date an XYZ (name of your profession goes here) List.” Lists have been published on the site for Why You Should Date a Single Mom, a Geek, a Wrestler and hundreds of other categories. Not to be outdone, ...Published 4 months ago | Rated +22
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