Palomar, RNs sign union pact.(Palomar Pomerado Health registered nurses to be represented by the California Nurses Association)(Brief Article) San Diego Business Journal (6/10/2002)
...Health agreed to give registered nurses union representation...eligibility for some 550 registered nurses working at the...represented by the California Nurses Association...This paves the way for nurses to elect a negotiating...Susan McGuire, a registered nurse ...

Laboring for union nurses; With CNA's first win outside Calif., competition is heating up to organize registered nurses. Some say that's good for providers. Modern Healthcare (5/23/2005)
...of California, nurses in 40 states have...the union's board and members tout the NNOC and California's groundbreaking...hospital patients per nurse. "We're an activist...in the National Nurses Organizing Committee...problem with the California nurses' approach...step ...

Registered nurses key to good patient outcomes, study finds; But national nursing groups disagree over ratio laws and how best to recruit and retain quality nurses.(New England Journal of Medicine study)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included) Modern Healthcare (6/3/2002)
...retain more nurses. The CNA...persuaded California legislators to mandate nurse-to-patient...ranks of registered nurses (May 6...Drenkard, chief nurse executive...will govern California hospitals...successful nurses to keep them on board. Inova has...better ...

Good Samaritan paying premium for stability.(Health Care)(SCPIE Holdings Inc)(midwives and physicians)(registered nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center) Los Angeles Business Journal (11/24/2003)
...Now the California Nurses Association is proclaiming...in Los Angeles. Nurses at the downtown...month that will pay nurse practitioners who...while experienced registered nurses will make nearly...business outside California and Delaware. The...births. The Medical Board ...

Reflecting on 2007 and preparing for 2008.(PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE)(Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses) AORN Journal (12/1/2007)
...Association. The Board of Directors has...there? The AORN Board and staff members...new perioperative nurses; experienced past...partners; Foundation Board members; our Competency...Congress in Anaheim, California. EDUCATION Many...Universal Protocol is a registered trademark of ...

Credentialing guidelines for RN first assistants.(CLINICAL ISSUES)(registered nurses) AORN Journal (12/1/2007)
...their state's Board of Nursing to determine...definition. The California State Board of Nursing...variation is to refer nurses to third-party...consult with the State Board of Medical Examiners...persons who are not registered, certified, or...possesses the registered ...

Nurse's relationship with pt. results in disciplinary action: case on point: Tapp v. Board of Registered Nursing, 2002 WL 31820206 P.2d -CA. (Nursing Law Case on Point). Nursing Law's Regan Report (1/1/2003)
...Should a nurse be allowed...extraordinary California case, a...The State Board of Licensure...1999, the California Board of Registered Nursing...that the nurse's license...conditions. The Board rejected...Appeal of California affirmed...

Nurse as patient's advocate: RN's license suspended for incompetence, gross negligence.(Finnerty v. Board of Registered Nursing) Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession (12/1/2008)
...before the State Board of Nursing to...three years. The California Court of Appeal...s decision. Nurse Physically Countermanded...The charge nurse testified she...physicians and nurses have been trained...spot but the nurse wanted to wait...v. Board of Registered ...

University of California Nurses Deal Seen Raising the Bar for Other Hospitals. The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) (6/25/2002)
...the average age of nurses is rising. In California...average age of a nurse is now 47 years old, according to the California Healthcare Association...fill vacancies with nurses from temporary agencies...an across-the-board increase of 14 percent...nurses in Northern ...