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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 [...]
The Pennsylvania Legislature has approved legislation that would ban mandatory overtime for nurses at all health care facilities in the state, and Gov. Ed Rendell (D) is expected to sign the measure into law this week, the Philadelphia Daily News reports. The state Senate voted 49-0 to approve the bill last week, and the House [...]
London’s Guardian on Wednesday published several articles on poverty, including its effect on HIV/AIDS and malaria. Summaries appear below.
* “We’re at a Chronic Stage”: Although the HIV/AIDS pandemic appears to be leveling off, continued unsafe sexual practices and a lack of access to drugs means that “so much remains to do” [...]
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law on Friday voted 7-2 to approve a bill (HR 5924) that would increase the number of U.S. work visas available annually for foreign nurses, CQ HealthBeat reports.
The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.), would increase the number of visas to 20,000 [...]
HIV-positive patients who receive care from trained nurses fare just as well as those who are treated by physicians, according to two studies released at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, Reuters reports.
Delegates at the conference this week discussed how shifting some tasks to nurses might help in areas with high levels of [...]
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law on Friday voted 7-2 to approve a bill (HR 5924) that would increase the number of U.S. work visas available annually for foreign nurses, CQ HealthBeat reports.
The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.), would increase the number of visas to 20,000 [...]
Rising fuel prices are causing financial strain for some home health care workers and the industry is considering replacing some services in rural areas with remote monitoring systems, the AP/Chicago Tribune reports. Gasoline prices have increased by more than 80% in the past 18 months, and experts say it is “a particularly knotty problem for [...]
The Association of Academic Health Centers on Thursday during a briefing said that the federal government needs to help develop a national plan to recruit and retain health care workers to meet increased demand as the U.S. population ages, Cox/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (Tseng, Cox/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 7/18). At the briefing, panelists cited nursing and geriatrics as [...]
