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California Travel Nursing Jobs
The climatic, cultural,
and general lifestyle diversity offered by the various regions of
the state make California the perfect home for nearly anyone. If
California is at the top of your list of travel nursing
destinations, your timing couldn’t be better. Recent laws governing
nurse to patient ratios have been modified, creating a colossal need
for more nurses. Hospitals and facilities across the state have been
forced to close beds, rendering the facilities unable to accept
patient new patients and transfers from other hospitals. In fact,
the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts
that by the year 2010, California will face a shortage of nearly
110,000 nurses statewide. Skilled nurses are in high demand, and we
offer the nation’s best paying travel nursing jobs! If you’re ready
to experience the endless possibilities firsthand, apply now for one
of our travel nursing positions in California!
California is
the third largest state in the nation, but boasts a higher
population than any other state at 33.8 million residents.
Californians enjoy a very good economy, due in large part to both
agriculture and to the entertainment industry. Hollywood, the
nation’s metonym for entertainment and celebrities, finds its home
in California’s very own city of angels, Los Angeles.
Despite California’s exploding population, privacy and
seclusion can still be found in the northern region of the state.
Redwood forests and snow-dusted mountains interrupt the skyline in
virtually every direction from northern California’s inland region.
Spectacular scenery is abundant in both the mountainous regions and
on the northern shoreline.
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Mishandling of Corpses - Sacramento
County
UC agrees to settlement of
$1.1 million with body-donor
families
On Aug. 22,
2006 the University of California regents agreed to
a $1.1 million settlement with the descendants of
persons who had donated their remains to the university
for science and research. In June 2003, approximately
160 lbs of human remains were discovered in Yolo County.
An investigation discovered that autopsy assistant David
Beale had maintained possession of human remains from
the U.C. Davis Body Donation Program. Plaintiffs, who
included all of the direct descendants of both families,
sued the University of California and others for
emotional distress. Beale testified that he took the
body parts to preserve them for future use at an
expanded U.C. Davis Medical Center Facility.
Whitten v. Regents of the University of
California
ABANDONMENT OF PATIENTS
[California Nursing Board]
Inquiries have been received
by the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) regarding which
actions by a
nurse constitute patient
abandonment and thus may lead to discipline against a
nurse's license.
For patient abandonment to
occur, the nurse
must:
a) Have
first accepted
the patient
assignment, thus establishing a nurse-patient
relationship, and
then
b)
Severed
that
nurse-patient relationship without giving reasonable
notice to the
appropriate
person (e.g., supervisor,
patient) so that arrangements can be made for
continuation of
nursing
care by
others.
A nurse-patient relationship
begins when responsibility for nursing care of a patient
is accepted by the
nurse. Failure to notify the
employing agency that the nurse will not appear to work
an assigned shift is
not
considered patient
abandonment by the BRN, nor is refusal to accept an
assignment considered
patient
abandonment. Once the nurse
has accepted responsibility for nursing care of a
patient, severing of
the
nurse-patient relationship
without reasonable notice may lead to discipline of a
nurse's license.
RNs must exercise critical
judgment regarding their individual ability to provide
safe patient care
when
declining or accepting
requests to work overtime. A fatigued and/or sleep
deprived RN may have
a
diminished ability to provide
safe, effective patient care. Refusal to work additional
hours or shifts
would
not be considered patient
abandonment by the
BRN.
The RN who follows the above
BRN advisory statement will not be considered to
have
abandoned the patient for
purposes of Board disciplinary action. However, it
should be noted
that the BRN has no jurisdiction
over employment and contract issues.
PROCESS OF
COMPLAINT BY CALIFORNIA NURSING
BOARD
Within 10 days after receipt of the
complaint, the Board sends a written notification of
receipt to the complainant. Complaints containing
allegations of the greatest consequences (e.g. gross
negligence/incompetence, patient abuse, etc.) are given
priority attention. The complaint is then investigated
by the Department of Consumer Affairs Division of
Investigation and/or Board nursing consultants. If no
violation can be substantiated, the case is closed and
the complainant is notified. Investigations which
provide evidence that the nurse has violated the Nursing
Practice Act and that the violation warrants formal
disciplinary action will be resolved by informal or
formal proceedings. If a case involves unlicensed or
criminal activity, it is referred to the local district
attorney for prosecution.
To ensure that the success of the
investigation is not jeopardized in any way, the details
of the investigation remain confidential and are not
public record. If, however, disciplinary or criminal
action is taken, some information may become a matter of
public record. In addition, if disciplinary action or
criminal action is taken, you may be called to testify
as a possible witness.
WELCOME TO HOTEL
CALIFORNIA
It's been four years since
California voters passed a landmark medical marijuana
proposition, but time has not clarified the loosely
worded law which allows some people to smoke pot without
getting busted.
"We
as police officers are sometimes stuck in the middle,"
said Kevin O'Roarke, an undercover Oakland police
officer.
"One, we certainly want to help people,
that's what we're here for. Two, we want to take people
to jail that are abusing the laws that are out there,
and believe me, they are abusing this medicinal
marijuana law," he said.
Police say
the small number who use pot legally are becoming an
increasingly visible minority.
Earlier this
week, basketball great Kareem Abdul Jabaar was arrested
for driving while high, and claimed he smokes marijuana
to relieve his migraines. Police say such excuses are
giving them headaches.
"No
one should be able to just say I need this for my
headache, or I have cataracts or what have you," said
O'Roarke.
Now
a new ruling allowing medical marijuana under stricter
federal guidelines may further increase its use and
police are bracing for possible abuses.
For
example, a person can acquire medicinal marijuana
legally, then sell half of it illegally, or travel with
their supply beyond state or U.S borders. Above all,
drug dealers and users would seem to have a ready — and
legal excuse — all they need is a doctor's note.
Cops may be
forced to make judgment calls of a medical nature and
spend time verifying each doctor's note or "cannabis
club" ID card.
"You have
some sophisticated individuals out here that can use
computers to get around paperwork to make documents look
legal, and so we're just gonna have to stay, you know,
one or two steps ahead of them," said George Phillips, a
spokesperson for the Oakland Police department.
Police say
they aren't giving up in the war on this drug, but they
would like better tools and clearer rules to weed out
those who have no legal right to get high.
—
Fox News' Claudia Cowan contributed to this report.
San
Francisco, Calif.
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