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Health Lessons From 'The Wizard of Oz'

SAUSALITO, CA (ASRN.ORG) -- The late actress Judy Garland, who portrayed the orphaned Kansas girl Dorothy Gale in the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz," would have turned 88 today. You may love the film, but you may not know that it contains lessons about health and medicine.

Is Your Board Missing A Nurse?

SAUSALITO, CA (ASRN.ORG) -- Are you making key decisions about patient safety, quality, and the direction of your organization without involving representatives from the field that knows it best?

University of California Nurses "Stretched Thin"

SAUSALITO, CA (ASRN.ORG) -- University of California medical center nurses say with too many patients and not enough staff, they are being spread too thin.

The Immigration Brain Drain

SAUSALITO, CA (ASRN.ORG) -- If you're an immigration lawyer, this is a busy time of year. Each April the U.S. begins to accept new applications for H-1B work visas -- the sort reserved for the highly skilled foreigners coveted by U.S. firms. This year 65,000 H-1B visas are available.

Florida Nursing Shortage

SAUSALITO, CA (ASRN.ORG) -- Florida’s unemployment rate is at a record setting 12.2 percent, but nurses aren’t worried. The nursing industry has been adding jobs throughout the recession. There are 22-thousand openings and Florida’s colleges can’t graduate nursing students fast enough to fill the vacancies.

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