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Nursing Shortage Eases With Recession's Help
"The nation"s deep recession is helping to alleviate the decade-long nursing shortage, as workers who had left the field in better times are returning in droves," the Wall Street Journal reports. The paper quotes a study, one of six papers on the nursing workforce published today in the journal Health Affairs, that found "nearly a quarter-million nurses entered the work force in 2007-08, an 18% surge that was the largest two-year increase in at least three decades." Many of them had left nursing, but "re-entered the work force to compensate for a spouse"s lost income or health benefits, the study said." The increase is "particularly remarkable at a time when the U.S. economy has shed more than six million jobs, helping to solidify the profession"s "recession-proof" image." The study found that the surge in new nurses is due to "efforts to expand nursing schools, attract more young people into the field and improve working conditions," along with an increase in the number of foreign-born nurses.
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Rotherham Nurse Raises Alarm Over Infant Medicine Feeder
A concerned Rotherham nurse has forced manufacturers of an infant medicine feeder to withdraw its product following a safety scare. Nurse Karen Ray, a clinical procurement specialist at Rotherham Hospital, took her concerns to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) after a six-month-old baby was admitted to Rotherham Hospital following a liquid paracetamol overdose.
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Planned Parenthood Of Alaska, Teacher File Suit To Block Parental Notification Initiative

Planned Parenthood of Alaska and an Anchorage high school teacher filed a lawsuit in Anchorage Superior Court on Friday to block a voter initiative that would make it illegal for minors younger than age 18 to obtain abortion services without parental notification, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Supporters of the initiative, which was certified on July 2, must gather nearly 33,000 signatures in order for it to be put on the ballot in August 2010.The lawsuit claims that the initiative should not have been certified because of what the newspaper termed "legal technicalities" and because the ballot description of its impact is misleading. According to legal documents filed by Planned Parenthood and teacher Susan Wingrove, the language of the initiative indicates that minor changes would be made to an existing law "rather than making clear that the initiative is abolishing rights currently afforded to the citizens of Alaska who are minors." They also claim that the initiative does not make it clear that violations of the law would be a felony and that it would be the responsibility of the physician to inform parents.Previous attempts to enact parental notification and consent laws have failed in Alaska. The Alaska Parental Consent Act, which was approved in 1997, said that parental notification or approval from a judge was necessary before a minor could obtain an abortion. Legal challenges prevented the act from going into effect, and the Alaska Supreme Court in 2007 ruled that the law was unconstitutional. In addition, a bill that would have required girls younger than age 17 to notify a parent failed to make it through the state Legislature this year.Former Lt. Gov. Loren Leman (R), a supporter of the new initiative, called Planned Parenthood of Alaska and the teacher "desperate," adding that they "would deny the people of Alaska the opportunity to participate in the initiative process" (Holland, Anchorage Daily News, 7/31). Reprinted with kind permission from http://www.nationalpartnership.org. You can view the entire Daily Women"s Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery here. The Daily Women"s Health Policy Report is a free service of the National Partnership for Women & Families, published by The Advisory Board Company. © 2009 The Advisory Board Company. All rights reserved.


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