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...with the nurses have broken down over language that would allow the replacement of 350 of the hospital's 1,500 R.N.s with unlicensed technicians. The hospital says it has no plans to do this, but simply wants "the flexibility to operate in today's market," explains spokesman Robert de Luna. So, apparently, did Boston's prestigious Brigham and Women's Hospital, where nurses had to threaten a walkout last week to win assurance that R.N.s will not be replaced by unlicensed personnel. Similar showdowns can be expected nationwide, says Beverly Malone, president of the 180,000-member American Nurses...
...de-skilling of the personnel on the floor is really alarming," warns Dr. David S. Rubsamen, a California physician and lawyer whose Professional Liability Newsletter instructs doctors on how to avoid and defend malpractice suits. "Nursing involves all kinds of subtle perceptions. If you say, 'I'm coughing. I feel anxious' to a registered nurse, that means pulmonary embolism. Try that on a para-something-or-other who's been trained for six months." Nevertheless, patient-focused care is becoming the staffing pattern of choice throughout the country. Facing reduced reimbursements from Medicare, Medicaid and managed-care plans, hospitals must...
...murders in South Africa may solve a notorious, nine-year-old murder mystery in Scandinavia. In 1986, Swedish prime minister and anti-apartheid activist Olof Palme was shot in the back by an unknown gunman. Testifying Thursday in an attempt to mitigate his sentence on murder and robberies, Eugene De Kock said former South African spy Craig Williamson had led an operation to assassinate Palme. The murdered Swede had supported the African National Congress throughout the 1960s and 1970s and was one of the foremost supporters of the anti-apartheid sanctions campaign. Swedish authorities say they had privately suspected South...
With so few Republicans, last week's Democratic primary was the de facto election for the state seat...
...companies, by contrast, have a lot to learn. @Home's launch was delayed for months as it struggled to find a way to mesh its high-bandwidth system with the rest of the Internet, which is like an old mansion filled with narrow, twisty corridors and data-clogging culs-de-sac. One @Home innovation is to store data from frequently visited sites in giant computer files called caches--a solution that may not work if those sites change too quickly...