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Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Nurses accused of deception over Orange County school

May 18, 2012, 12:05 AM
The state nursing board is accusing five nurses of fraud and seeking to revoke their licenses for operating a school in Orange County and the Philippines that purported to prepare students to be registered nurses in California. While students of Nightingale International California were led to... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Advocates fear patient care will suffer under state budget cuts

May 15, 2012, 12:05 AM
Gov. Jerry Brown announced a state budget yesterday that relies on hospitals and nursing homes to achieve nearly $400 million in savings – a week after a far smaller proposal prompted concerns about patient care. The governor's revised budget is the starting point to... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Do hospital recruiters exploit foreign-educated nurses?

June 17, 2010, 4:45 AM
Some international firms that recruit nurses to work in the U.S. are concerned about bad actors in their midst, according to a George Washington University researcher who looked into the foreign-educated nurse recruiting industry. Patricia Pittman, an associate professor, set out to examine... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Health groups oppose bill targeting dangerous caregivers

April 19, 2010, 12:05 AM
The state’s powerful nurses union and several other health professional groups are gearing up to oppose a set of reforms that would make it harder for addicted or incompetent health professionals to work for years before seeing a license pulled. Flickr photo by ulrichkarljoho The... + read more
health care, state licensing, practitioner data bank
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Reprimanded California health workers omitted from national data bank

February 16, 2010, 12:05 AM
Congress passed a law 22 years ago to create a national data bank of nurses, therapists and other health professionals who have been disciplined for a variety of violations. The idea behind the data bank was simple: If tracked properly, the professionals won’t pop up in health care jobs... + read more
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