Lifesaving Bills Filed In Florida Legislature To Guarantee Patient Safety Improvements
National Nurses Organizing Committee-Florida and National Nurses United today announce that the Florida Hospital Patient Protection Act of 2010 has been filed in the state legislature by authors Rep. Oscar Braynon and Sen. Tony Hill and will be known as HB 1283 and S 2316. The bill will improve conditions and outcomes for patients in hospitals, while also lessening Florida's nursing shortage by drawing RNs to work in safe and therapeutic conditions. The Florida Hospital Patient Protection Act will: - Guarantee a safe ratio of RNs to patients on every unit in every hospital in Florida... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)div id=medwormpbiMedWorm Message:/i/b Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm ba href=http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29t=Swine+Fluf=infectiousdiseasesr=Anyo=d target =_selfSwine Flu RSS news feed/a/b - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources./p/div
Men's 'Barbarity' Should Not Be Used To Justify Mistreatment Of Women, Opinion Piece Argues
'Feminism' is a loaded word in the United States, but the simple fact is that 'the feminists' are absolutely right when it comes to the treatment of women in much of the developing world, Los Angeles Times columnist Jonah Goldberg writes. He adds that a recent Washington Post opinion piece on the Cameroonian practice of breast ironing is just one of the many examples of women and girls pay[ing] the price for the barbarity of boys... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
