Elaine Thompson/APThe Nurse Practitioner Is InWith Obamacare on the...

With Obamacare on the horizon and a growing shortage of primary-care physicians rising fast, nurses could fill the void.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/27/nurse-practitioners-playing-doctor-more-often.html

Homeroom Guadalupe Alternative Programs: The language might be tough, but the care comes easily

... her Karen culture -- makes her wistful. But she also wants to play a part in it. Po is wrapping up a new certified nursing assistant program at Guadalupe Alternative Programs, or G.A.P., a West Side St. Paul school that gives at-risk teens and young ...

http://www.twincities.com/education/ci_23329114/homeroom-guadalupe-alternative-programs-language-might-be-tough?source=rss

Janet Street-Porter: Watch out... soon GPs will ban patients altogether

Now if you're going to get sick, please can you try to plan it well in advance, preferably before 5pm, Monday to Friday? In the modern NHS getting to see our local GP at a time when it suits us rather than them has become a pipe-dream, like finding a parking space you don't have to pay for by mobile phone, or bagging a trolley at the supermarket ... (more)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2331418/JANET-STREET-PORTER-Watch--soon-GPs-ban-patients-altogether.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Free drugs for critical care

... norm is being flouted openly,' said Kumar. He added: 'Also, we have found that many doctors refer patients to other nursing homes and hospitals for tests that could be carried out at the IGIMS. The matter was discussed at the governing body meeting. ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130527/jsp/bihar/story_16939988.jsp

Tripura CM wants better healthcare

Agartala, May 26: Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar called for improvement of the state's health services today, urging doctors to be more sensitive to the needs of the people.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130527/jsp/northeast/story_16939513.jsp

Teen Face: Teen looking to follow familya s nursing history

... both nurses. She's done job shadowing at local hospitals and is planning to enroll in the Santa Rosa Junior College nursing school. Her interest dates back to when her mother, Danielle Walsh, would pick her up from preschool in an ambulance, she ...

http://www.petaluma360.com/article/20130526/LIFESTYLE/130529633/-1/PT07?Title=TEEN-FACE-Teen-looking-to-follow-family-8217-s-nursing-history

Wendell Potter: Help Health Care Advocate Donna Smith Get the Care...

The first time I saw Donna Smith, I was in the back row of a Sacramento theater watching the first public screening of a movie I had flown nearly 3,000 miles to see.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wendell-potter/help-health-care-advocate_b_3340111.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HP%2FPolitics+%28Politics+on+The+Huffington+Post%29