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Nursing News

Sebelius, Vilsack Celebrate One Year Anniversary of Children’s Health Insurance Law, Highlight Campaign to Cover Kids

Feb. 5, 2010 - Exactly one year after President Obama signed the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that 2.6 million more children were served by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance...
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• How Hospitals Achieved Their '100 Best Companies to Work For' Status
• Health Care Reform Stalls, Nurse Leaders React
• America’s Nursing Schools Face Capacity Issues

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Features

How Nurses Can Change Health Care

Feb. 5, 2010 - Studies have shown that nurses are highly-trusted by the general public and have a substantial impact on patient outcomes and satisfaction ratings.  Health leaders believe they should also have more influence on making wide-scale changes to health systems and services, a new Gallup... Read More

• Raising the Bar for Nursing Education
• Keeping Surgical Patients Warm to Improve Outcomes
• Shifting Career Opportunities Seen in Nursing