Nurses at 2 Duluth, Minn., hospitals reject contract offer, authorize 1-day strike

Duluth, Minn., nurses reject contract, OK strike

Minnesota nurses rafity new contract with 14 Minneapolis-St. Paul hospitals, averting strike

Minn. nurses approve deal, averting strike

Twin Cities nurses to vote Tuesday on deal to avert another strike

Twin Cities nurses to vote on deal to avert strike

Minnesota nurses propose July 6 strike if no agreement with hospitals before then

Minnesota nurses agree July 6 strike date

MINNEAPOLIS — Thousands of Minnesota nurses say they will go on strike July 6 if they can’t reach an agreement with 14 Minneapolis-St. Paul hospitals before then.

Minn. nurses plan to file formal notice of open-ended strike in ongoing dispute over staffing

Minn. nurses say they’ll file strike notice

Minnesota nurses authorize open-ended strike on 14 Minneapolis-area hospitals

Minn. nurses approve second strike at 14 hospitals

San Francisco judge says nurses can’t strike while contract negotiations under way

San Francisco judge says no to strike by nurses

Pressing issues remain as 12,000 Minnesota nurses go back to work from 1-day strike

Issues remain after walkout by 12K Minn. nurses

Minnesota nurses to return from 1-day strike, but pressing staffing issues remain

12,000 Minn. nurses to return from 1-day walkout

12,000 Minn. nurses stage 1-day walkout as new union makes stronger push for their interests

12,000 Minnesota nurses launch 1-day walkout

New union readies for 12,000 Minn. nurses to go on strike in stronger push for their interests

Minn. nurses strike is part of new union’s push

Nurses in Minn., Calif., set 1-day walkout plans if agreement isn’t reached with hospitals

Nurses in Minn., Calif. set strike dates

MINNEAPOLIS — Thousands of nurses in Minnesota and California say they’ll stage a one-day walkout next month if they don’t reach contract agreements with hospitals.

Minn. nurses authorize strike at 14 hospitals over dispute on staffing, pensions

Minn. nurses authorize strike at 14 hospitals

AMA lists states with proposals to grant nurse practitioners more authority

List of states considering more power for nurses

With MD shortage, ‘Dr. Nurses’ seek bigger role in primary care; 28 states consider

MD shortage? 28 states may expand nurses’ role

Matchmaker nurses help patients and donors decide if a kidney swap is right choice for them

Nurses are key to matchmaking in kidney swap

Country singer Eric Church nurses nagging broken foot, plays on with crutches, medical boot

Country singer Eric Church nurses broken foot

Oregon offers model to boost nursing faculty as nation faces predicted shortage

Oregon offers model to boost nursing faculty

PORTLAND, Ore. — A predicted national shortage of nurses in the next decade could be made worse by a shortage of the experienced nurses who train them at community colleges and universities around the country.

As swine flu spreads among students, many schools lack nurses to respond to H1N1 outbreaks

School nurse shortage hampers swine flu response

SAN FRANCISCO — As schools grapple with a resurgence of swine flu, many districts have few or no nurses to prevent or respond to outbreaks, leaving students more vulnerable to a virus that spreads easily in classrooms and takes a heavier toll on children and young adults.

HEALTHBEAT: Amid flu flurry, don’t forget teen shots against different threat _ meningitis

Rare but deadly meningitis: Don’t forget kid shots

WASHINGTON — Fever, chills, vomiting: It starts like a stomach bug or the flu. But bacterial meningitis can go on to kill terrifyingly fast — one of the few infections in the U.S. where someone can feel fine in the morning and be dead by night. And prime targets are tweens, teens and college freshmen.

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