Nursing - News March 2, 2014

Health database requirement cut from bill - Tri-cityherald

The battle pits Premera Blue Cross against a broad coalition representing just about everyone who buys, uses, provides or shapes health care: small and large businesses, consumer advocates, tribes, hospitals, doctors, nurses, the governor, the insurance commissioner, the agency that governs insurance for state employees and the poor, and even ... (more)

Review: Mass. health lobby spent $100M since 2007 - Bellingham Herald

Attorney General Martha Coakley addressed the crowd. The tab for the Nov. 15 event, $104,544, turns out to be just a tiny slice of the tens of millions of dollars the health care industry has spent in recent years making sure its voice is heard on Beacon Hill.

Editorial | A bill becomes law - The Courier-Journal

It's been a long time coming. The state's advance practice registered nurses, who under state law may practice independently, weren't able to prescribe basic, non-narcotic drugs such as blood pressure medication or antibiotics, without a signed "collaboration" agreement from a physician.

Nursing at Jackson General - The Jackson Sun

"Oh we had some real characters. If Georgia Wilson had lived a hundred years previously, the South would have won the war," laughed Mary Barton , who followed Ms.

Hospital expansions fuel need for nursing staff - Houston Chronicle

With a mounting population to serve, many hospitals in the greater Houston area are looking to expand current facilities or establish satellite locations in order to meet demand.

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