MORE ON: nursing

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

Disbanding of nursing board raises questions about public protection

January 25, 2012, 12:05 AM
The state Board of Registered Nursing ceased to exist this year due to an October veto by Gov. Jerry Brown, and now stark disagreement is emerging over whether the public is adequately protected from nurses who need drug treatment or limits on their practice or to be stopped altogether. Brown... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Governor sidelines nursing board, takes stand on pensions

October 11, 2011, 12:05 AM
Gov. Jerry Brown took a strong stand against mounting pension obligations with his veto pen over the weekend with a decision that also removed the legal authority for the board that licenses and investigates nurses. Brown objected to a part of the proposed law that would allow the nursing... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Medical boards to crack down on sex offenders, addicts

February 9, 2011, 12:05 AM
Boards that license nurses, doctors and chiropractors in California are working to pass separate slates of get-tough regulations less than a year after a similar proposal died in the Legislature. Russ Heimerich, a spokesman for the Department of Consumer Affairs, said a number of medical... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, Higher Ed

Two state bodies gave stamp of approval to 'phony' nursing school

September 14, 2010, 12:05 AM
RN Learning Center was a “phony nursing school” that was “ripping off people who … wanted to improve their lives,” said Brian Stiger, Department of Consumer Affairs director, in a strongly worded statement. Last month, Attorney General Jerry Brown’s... + read more
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