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Senate confirms former nurse to run Medicare

A former intensive care nurse with a businesslike approach to a politically divisive public policy area won Senate approval Wednesday to run Medicare and other major health insurance programs.

Montana hospital says woman posed as nurse

Health care officials in Montana say a woman posing as a nurse at a Billings hospital accompanied doctors on patient checks.

Calif. woman dies after nurse refuses to do CPR

Halvorson assured the nurse that Glenwood couldn't be sued if anything went wrong in attempts to resuscitate the resident, saying the local emergency medical system "takes the liability for this...

CA Woman, 87, dies after nurse refuses to do CPR

At the beginning of the Tuesday morning call, the nurse asked for paramedics to come and help the woman who had collapsed in the home's dining room and was barely breathing.

Learning for advanced online

The College of Nursing, for example, hit a new peak of 7,995 students this spring, more than four times its fall 2008 level.

University of Texas at Arlington sets enrollment record

More than 90 percent of nursing students pass state licensing exams on their first attempt, and more than 95 percent of master's level nurse practitioner graduates pass national certification exams.

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Mothers in uniform get room on base to nurse young

For nursing mothers at 3rd Army headquarters, a room of their own signals progress.

Mother's Day difficult for parents of infants in Sacramento NICUs

A respiratory mask obscured his face, but NICU nurse Christa Mu said he's breathing on his own.

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US Senate confirms Tavenner as Medicare/Medicaid chief

Tavenner worked as a nurse in her native Virginia and became a hospital executive with Hospital...

UPDATE 2-US Senate confirms Tavenner as Medicare/Medicaid chief

May 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Marilyn Tavenner, a former nurse and...

Peter Facinelli Once Followed Chelsea Handler Into a Porta-Potty: I Thought You...

Peter Facinelli stopped by Chelsea Lately yesterday to promote his show Nurse Jackie and talk...