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		<title>Doctor shortage fuels nurses’ push for expanded role</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Villegas - KHN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[But some doctors argue say nurse practitioners are unqualified to provide primary care without supervision.]]></description>
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		<title>What should we teach the nurse of the future?</title>
		<link>http://mylocalhealthguide.com/what-should-we-teach-the-nurse-of-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marla Salmon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dean of the UW School of Nursing blogs on the Future of Nursing]]></description>
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		<title>As economic conditions force a tighter job market, new nurses find it’s harder than ever to land their dream job—or any job, for that matter.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Nursing, even in hard times, was thought to be recession-proof.&#8221;
By Chris Linden and Melissa Suran, Medill News Service
It wasn’t supposed to be this hard. Nursing student Barbara Lopez had been told for a long time that she would have an easy time finding a job.
But it took her five months—starting before she graduated in June—to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Stories in the News &#8211; Aug. 14</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doctors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allow Seattle Children&#8217;s to expand, says Seattle Times
The Seattle City Council should reverse ruling of a hearing examiner who has rejected Seattle Children&#8217;s expansion plans, says Seattle Times argues in an editorial today&#8217;s paper.
The hearing examiner found that hospital&#8217;s planned expansion, which would add 1.5 million square feet of space on its Lauralhurst campus, was inappropriate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transcript of President Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Health Insurance Reform Town Hall&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The White House has released a transcript of President Barack Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Health Insurance Reform Town Hall&#8221; meeting held yesterday, August 11 at Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
To read it click on &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221;. 

Transcript released by the White House:
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Portsmouth! Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Everybody have a seat. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$13.5 million in loan repayments for nurses willing to work in facilities facing shortages or to teach</title>
		<link>http://mylocalhealthguide.com/13-5-million-in-loan-repayments-for-nurses-willing-to-work-in-facilities-facing-shortages-or-to-teach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. government is making available $8.1 million for education loan repayment for nurses willing to work for two years at facilities that face a critical nurse shortages.
The funds will be offered on a competitive basis to 100 registered nurses.
In Washington state the program will offer five positions: four at the University of Washington Medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Major Health Industry Players, Reform’s Positives Outweigh Negatives</title>
		<link>http://mylocalhealthguide.com/for-major-health-industry-players-reforms-positives-outweigh-negatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
By Phil Galewitz
August 11, 2009
When Congress and the White House began talking about a health care overhaul, the industries that profit from the $2.5 trillion system were understandably nervous.
But as the legislation takes shape, it appears much of the anxiety was misplaced. Most of the major health care players, including hospitals, health insurers and pharmaceutical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Will Care for the Elderly and Disabled?</title>
		<link>http://mylocalhealthguide.com/long-term-care-elderly-geriatrics-aging-seniors-medicare-disable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Howard Gleckman, Senior Research Associate at the Urban Institute
July 20, 2009
Advocates of including long-term care services in health reform usually focus on two issues: How many Medicaid dollars should be spent on home care and whether to create a national long-term care insurance program, such as Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., has proposed in his CLASS [...]]]></description>
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