Nursing - News September 22, 2011

California nurses set to strike (News10)
Some 23,000 registered nurses throughout much of the state are expected to rally during a one-day strike Thursday in a bid for RN rights.

Leaders begin day campaigning in Toronto (CBC)
Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty has the busiest day of the three party leaders as the campaign for the Oct.

Kaiser southern California healthcare workers strike (WNEP-TV Moosic)
Some 2,500 nurses and other medical workers walked off the job at Kaiser Permanente facilities in southern California on Wednesday in a three-day planned strike protesting benefit cuts sought by the nonprofit healthcare giant.

Assistant care branded 'a disgrace' (Hillingdon Times)
Patients are being put at risk because the NHS is employing a growing number of unregulated and untrained healthcare assistants, according to the chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing.

Couple seek probe into baby's death (Romsey Advertiser)
A young couple have called for an inquiry into how their newborn daughter suffered devastating injuries in hospital and died aged nine days.

Patients would have a a medical homea under system envisioned by family doctors (Penticton Herald)
Canada's family doctors have released a blueprint calling for patient-centred care and timely access to care for all Canadians.

Nurses at 34 Calif. hospitals to strike (St. Augustine Record)
Nurses at nearly three dozen hospitals in Northern and Central California are set to go on strike over benefit cuts and other concessions sought by hospital management.

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