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Nursing Times - Nov 01 4:35 AM
Nurse leaders are planning to challenge the government over its plans to reform NHS community services. A proposed shake-up in local health bodies in 2008 could see private firms providing services such as district nursing and chiropody.Save to My Web

Nursing Times - UK nursing jobs, news and clinical archive 
Nursing Times - Nov 08 3:05 AM
A survey of infection control nurses claims that the NHS approach to tackling MRSA infection is ‘haphazard’ and inconsistent. The Patients’ Association study says that only 44% of patients are screened for MRSA upon admission and only half of patients upon transfer to another hospital.Save to My Web

WLSC nursing grads all pass exams 
The Steubenville Herald-Star - Nov 01 7:56 AM
WEST LIBERTY - The 17 nurses who recently graduated from West Liberty State College are batting 1,000. The graduates of the school’s program for 2005 achieved a 100 percent passing rate on state licensing examinations for registered professional nurses.Save to My Web

Demand for Nurses Heats Up Competition Among California Hospitals 
RedNova - Nov 24 7:21 AM
Demand for nurses heats up competition among California hospitals LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) — Demands for new nurses in hospitals and medical centers in California have been on the rise as the state is introducing a new healthcare law and facing a continuing population growth.Save to My Web

Search for Nurses in California Is Feverish (Los Angeles Times)
The pay is high and the come-ons are extreme as hospitals face a new staffing requirement.

UCLA to Bring Back Nursing Program

With the state’s continuing population growth, the number of unfilled nursing jobs could exceed 122 000 by 2030, according to a recent study by UC San Francisco

UCLA to Bring Back Nursing Program
population growth, the number of unfilled nursing jobs could exceed 122,000 by 2030, according to a recent study by UC San Francisco. UCLA’s plan also calls for a new

Nursing Times - UK nursing jobs, news and clinical archive (Nursing Times)
The Department of Health says stocks of flu vaccine are running out and is advising GPs in England to use remaining stocks on those at highest risk. It blames the shortage on demand outstripping supply, fuelled by public concerns about the threat of a possible bird flu pandemic.

Demand for nurses heats up competition among California hospitals
And with the continuing population growth in California, the number of unfilled nursing jobs in the state could exceed 122 000 by 2030, it is estimated.

Strike began three years ago
Petoskey News-Review, MI - Nov 15, 2005 out on strike with many of her fellow nurses at Northern Michigan Hospital, Julia Hulderman is traveling three days a week to nursing jobs downstate instead of

2 hospitals to drop licensed practical nurses
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - Nov 20, 2005 All 90 licensed practical nursing jobs at Mercy and Unity hospitals in the northern suburbs are being eliminated by next year, drawing criticism from unions

10 Steps to Getting the Most Out of Job Fairs

Many job seekers tend to overlook job fairs. They can be crowded, busy, competitive and confusing events. But they offer you the opportunity to contact many potential employers all within one place, and they can help you land a job.

1. Do advance research. Your goal is to target the most promising employers at upcoming job fairs. To do that, you need to know who those employers are and what they offe …
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NURSES TO STAY NHS 
Daily Mirror - Oct 26 12:30 AM
FRONTLINE nursing jobs will remain in the NHS, Patricia Hewitt insisted yesterday. The Health Secretary said work done by district nurses and midwives would not go to the private sector when Primary Care Trusts are merged.Save to My Web

Union-praised Jordan Hospital doesnt want staffing mandate 
Patriot Ledger - Nov 18 7:07 AM
The union that represents nurses at hospitals statewide is praising nurse-to-patient ratios at Jordan Hospital in Plymouth and says the hospitals achievement proves that legislation mandating minimum staffing would work.Save to My Web

WLSC nursing grads all pass exams 
The Steubenville Herald-Star - Oct 31 8:25 AM
WEST LIBERTY - The 17 nurses who recently graduated from West Liberty State College are batting 1,000. The graduates of the school’s program for 2005 achieved a 100 percent passing rate on state licensing examinations for registered professional nurses.Save to My Web

West draining doctors from poor nations - study 
The Star Online - Oct 26 4:16 PM
BOSTON (Reuters) - Doctors from the world’s poorest countries are leaving in droves to pursue jobs in richer nations, draining much of the developing world of critical medical care, a study released on Wednesday showed.Save to My Web

[The health labor market in the South-East of Brazil: the insertion of the nursing team]

Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2004 Jan-Feb; 12(1): 134-8
Vieira AL, Am ncio Filho A, dos Santos de Oliveira E

The study points out the main characteristics of the nursing labor market in the Brazilian South-East, using Medical-Sanitary Assistance-AMS research data as a reference base, which were recently published by the Brazilian Institute of National Statistics and Geography-IBGE. With 272398 jobs in this region, the nursing team mainly works in the public health system and hospital institutions. In coherence with the Brazilian health system decentralization policies, the municipalization of nursing jobs and signs of labor market flexibility were observed in 1999. In view of this national and regional context, a research should be carried to obtain a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the current labor market for the nursing team.

New Jersey Facing Critical Nurse Shortage
But many nurses don’t seek geriatric nursing jobs right out of school, Lashley said. The majority take acute and critical care or medical surgical specialties first and develop an

Oncology home care training saves nursing jobs.

Nurs Spectr (Wash D C). 1996 Jun 17; 6(13): 4
Finkelstein S

Fishing 4 survival
to the internet: its Nursing Times publication is expecting a 30 per cent fall in revenue after the cash-strapped NHS decreed that all nursing jobs should be

10 Steps to Getting the Most Out of Job Fairs

Many job seekers tend to overlook job fairs. They can be crowded, busy, competitive and confusing events. But they offer you the opportunity to contact many potential employers all within one place, and they can help you land a job.

1. Do advance research. Your goal is to target the most promising employers at upcoming job fairs. To do that, you need to know who those employers are and what they offe …
Author: Bonnie Lowe
Click here to read the rest of this article

HIMSS Certification Program Offers Professional Growth
HIMSS - In addition, more than 600,000 nursing jobs will be available through 2012, according to the Labor Department

Partnership gets $2M grant for nurses
Portland Business Journal - According to the , nursing jobs in Central Florida will grow by more than 34 percent through 2010, but the demand is

Tony Hartzel: For employers, it pays to aid workers' commute
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - Oct 23, 2005 For businesses such as hospitals, which compete fiercely for qualified candidates to fill nursing jobs, commuter benefits can be a valuable recruiting tool, Ms

West draining doctors from poor nations
ABC Online, Australia - Oct 27, 2005 About 126,000 nursing jobs in US hospitals are currently unfilled, said Sreekanth Chaguturu and Snigdha Vallabhaneni in a commentary in the journal.