Registered nurses at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center (LBMMC), one of the largest hospitals in the West, yesterday reached a tentative agreement with hospital officials on a new collective bargaining contract that addresses the nurses’ key priority for patient safety protections along with substantial gains in nurse rights and compensation that will allow the hospital [...]

As part of its ongoing commitment to help alleviate the growing nursing shortage in Southern California, The Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future raised more than $450,000 at the “Promise of Nursing for Southern California” Gala that will help ease the shortage throughout the region. One hundred percent of the event’s proceeds will support [...]

Betty Newman was born in 1924 at Lowell, Ohio, United States of America. In 1947 she received RN Diploma from Peoples Hospital School of Nursing, Akron, Ohio. She then moved to California and gained experience as a hospital, staff, and head nurse; school nurse and industrial nurse; and as a clinical instructor in medical-surgical, critical [...]

Biomerica, Inc., a global provider of advanced diagnostic products for the early detection of medical conditions, today reported diagnostic net sales of $1,194,345 for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 ended August 31, 2008, compared to diagnostic net sales of $1,340,065 for the first quarter of fiscal 2008.
Biomerica announced operating income for the first quarter [...]

Calif. and HAMILTON, New Zealand and MUNICH, Germany, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ — ZyGEM Corp. Ltd. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Advalytix product team of Olympus Life Science Research Europa GmbH to produce a private-label line of DNA extraction products. The collaboration will combine ZyGEM’s advanced enzymatic nucleic acid extraction [...]

HealthCare.com, Inc. today announced the acquisition of BrokersWeb, a leading provider of targeted, performance-based online advertising to health insurance brokers and lead aggregators. In addition to operating the BrokersWeb health insurance pay-per-click (PPC) platform, BrokersWeb also owns and operates HealthInsuranceFinders.com , a leading consumer health insurance website and search engine for health insurance quotes.
Headquartered in [...]

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, the world leader in the science of heart valves, announced that new data from two studies of the Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter aortic heart valve with the RetroFlex transfemoral delivery system were presented today at the 20th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation.
The 30-day results from [...]

San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine, widely recognized for its innovative patient care, education and research programs, supports global efforts surrounding World Hospice and Palliative Care Day on Oct. 11, promoting care that improves quality of life for all ages.
Organizers for World Day note that millions of people around the world living [...]

Overall, nursing salaries vary depending on a number of factors:
* Level of education (degree type)
* Years of experience in a chosen field
* State and city where you work (cost of [...]

Beckman Coulter, Inc. announced today it will host a conference call on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, at 5:00 p.m. ET to discuss the company’s third quarter 2008 results. Earnings will be released after the market closes.
The call may be accessed by dialing (877) 516-3365 or (706) 679-3246 and asking for the Beckman Coulter conference call [...]