NURSES
Change fatigue in health care
The patient was at the hospital for a straightforward same-day surgery but the admission process fell far short of efficient. She was directed hither and yon - first to the registration desk, then to ...
Posted on 5/9/13 at 3:39 PM
Rural hospitals worry about nursing standards plan
By Danielle Killey Rural hospitals could suffer under a proposal aimed at improving patient care, some health care officials and lawmakers say. Ely hospital administrator John Fossum said a bill t...
Posted on 3/6/13 at 5:27 PM
Props to Innovis...
I have to send out props and much thanks to Innovis Hospital for taking such good care of my dad for the past week that he was there. It was a great relief to know that he was in such caring hands. In...
Posted on 11/18/10 at 10:08 PM
Reality check
This summer has been a breeze, health-wise for my 6 year old daughter, Ellen, Last year she not ony was ill with leukemia, but suffering from the side effects of the introduction to...
Posted on 7/14/09 at 9:58 AM
Meeting to address grievances within UND's nursing college leaves many disappointed 
By Jennifer Johnson , May 08, 2013
KRISTI HILLMAN: Help nurse practitioners help rural Minnesota
Giving nurse practitioners independent practice authority will not only allow rural health care consumers to seek medical care in their own communities, it will keep those communities healthy and thriving.By Kristi Hillman , March 31, 2013
Minnesota Senate takes turn at nurse staffing dilemma
With a compromise emerging in the Minnesota House, the state Senate is beginning to look at nursing regulations covering hospitals.By Associated Press , March 18, 2013
Some patients won't see nurses of different race 
By Jeff Karoub , February 22, 2013
Minnesota nurse staffing debate exposes partisan rift 
Minnesota lawmakers fell into partisan camps Thursday as a House panel advanced a bill seeking state regulations on the number of nurses working shifts in hospitals.
By Brian Bakst , February 21, 2013
Battle brews in Minnesota over hospital nurse staffing 
Leaning into friendlier political terrain, a union for Minnesota nurses renewed its call Wednesday for state lawmakers to establish requirements that would dictate how hospitals staff their emergency rooms, childbirth wards and other units.
By Brian Bakst , February 13, 2013
Many hospitals reject new nurse applicants, but not in Grand Forks
By Pamela Knudson , February 04, 2013
Altru, Sanford welcome new nurse graduates 
By Pamela Knudson , February 04, 2013
American Indian nursing focus of 2-day conference 
North Dakota State University is sponsoring the conference Tuesday and Wednesday in Fort Yates. Nursing professor Loretta Heuer says it's the first of its kind. She says it will start the dialogue on how to get more American Indian students into nursing.
By Associated Press , May 22, 2012
Stillwater, Minn., hospital nurse sentenced to probation for stealing drugs 
A nurse from western Wisconsin has been sentenced to three years of probation for stealing painkillers from a Stillwater hospital.
By Associated Press , January 24, 2012
Surgery patient miffed that nurse accused of stealing painkiller gets probation 
"I was the victim in this case, I was on a table, vulnerable," said the patient, Larry V. King, a deputy with the Carver County (Minn.) Sheriff's Office, who said he was angry that former Twin Cities nurse Sarah May Casareto received only probation. "I can't describe the experience I went through in a courtroom because I can't use the language to describe the agony I went through."
By Abby Simons , September 02, 2011
Nurses plan informational picketing in Bemidji, Minn.
Nurses plan to conduct informational picketing outside a Bemidji hospital where their contract expired nearly six months ago.By Associated Press , August 05, 2011
Nurses at Bemidji hospital reject contract offer 
The Minnesota Nurses Association represents 230 RNs at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center. The hospital says it's open to further negotiations and will be fully operational during contract talks.
By Associated Press , July 29, 2011
First nursing pins awarded by fledgling Mayville State program
Mayville State University’s fledgling nurse-training program took flight Thursday when its first five students received their licensed practical nurse pins.By Kevin Bonham , July 14, 2011
AROUND THE REGION: 5 charged in drive-by shooting ... Man to get life term for murder ... N.D. poker player wins ... more.
Four Cass Lake, Minn., residents and one from Bemidji were charged this week in Cass County District Court with aiding and abetting felony drive-by shooting of an occupied dwelling.By Forum Communications/Associated Press , July 01, 2011
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