Precor has named specialty retailer Busy Body Gyms To Go as the consumer dealer for Precor home fitness equipment in mid-Atlantic markets of Washington DC, Maryland, Delaware and northern Virginia.
Based in Pompano Beach, FL, Busy Body Gyms To Go (BBGTG) is expanding its relationship with Precor from an existing network of 18 locations in Florida [...]

Two newspapers recently examined nursing shortages in Delaware and Ventura County, Calif., and efforts to increase the number of nurses who speak Spanish or are Hispanic to handle an increasing Hispanic patient load. Summaries of the articles appear below.
* Delaware: Delaware is facing both a general nursing shortage and a shortage [...]

The Wilmington News Journal on Tuesday published two articles about the state’s looming nursing shortage. Summaries appear below.
* Nursing school: The News Journal examined how the lack of qualified faculty at nursing schools in the state contributes to a bottleneck of nursing students. According to the Delaware Health Care Commission, there [...]

The following summarizes coverage of events and initiatives that seek to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities.
* Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has awarded the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma American Indian tribe a three-year, $1.5 million grant to go toward residential substance use treatments [...]

Delaware is facing a serious nursing shortage that could compromise hospital care for a growing number of sicker, older patients.
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration estimates that the state will be facing a shortage of more than 3,000 nurses by 2010 unless significant changes are made.
The situation hasn’t yet led to inadequate patient care [...]

Eastern Industries will continue a paving project next week in the area of Water and Montgomery Streets, weather permitting. Parking on posted streets is prohibited.
Community service to be held Saturday
COAL TOWNSHIP — Participants in a community service program coordinated by Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III are asked to meet at 9 a.m. Saturday [...]

The Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) of Greater Philadelphia announces the appointment of Deborah Way, MD, as medical director of its Hospice of Philadelphia. VNA’s Hospice of Philadelphia provides hospice care for both adult and pediatric patients living in the Greater Philadelphia region.
“Dr. Way’s expertise serves to enhance the excellent level of care Hospice of Philadelphia [...]

To help improve the lives of low-income, first-time parents and their children, the Department of Public Welfare today said 37 counties will share nearly $12 million in grants to support the Pennsylvania Nurse-Family Partnership program.
The Nurse-Family Partnership program provides low-income, first-time parents with support from pregnancy through the child’s first years so that both [...]

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