Nursing

UC hospitals cancel surgeries, divert patients amid strike

2013-05-21 17:50:00

A strike by University of California patient care workers Tuesday caused the cancellation of hundreds of surgeries, the closure of laboratory stations and the diversion of emergency room patients, officials said. The hospitals prepared for the two-day...

Patient care workers set to start walkout at five UC hospitals

2013-05-21 00:00:00

Respiratory therapists, nursing aides, surgical technicians and other patient care workers plan to stage a walkout starting Tuesday morning at five University of California medical centers. More than 12,000 workers from the American Federation of State,...

Court limits number who can strike at UC medical centers

2013-05-20 16:05:00

A Sacramento County Superior Court judge ruled Monday that about 450 employees cannot participate in this week's�planned walkout at the University of California medical centers. The�unions�must maintain�a minimum�level of staffing�among certain units,...

Letters: Dying but not wanting to know

2013-05-19 00:00:00

Re "Prescribing silence," Opinion, May 16 That Dr. Susan Partovi asked a patient if he wanted to know the details of his terminal illness is commendable. But relying on the old standby, "Do you want everything done?" — not so much. The medical...

Jaron Lanier takes a hard look at the wired world

2013-05-16 14:15:00

Jaron Lanier has a research job with Microsoft. He won't go into specfics, but it has something to do with imagining the future and asking questions. Lanier is a longtime Silicon Valley insider whose primary occupation has been to imagine, think and ask...

Fund set up for victims' families, survivors of Bay Area limo fire

2013-05-09 13:45:00

OAKLAND —The Oakland nursing home where all but one of the victims of a horrific Bay Area limousine fire had worked Thursday announced the creation of a fund to support the four survivors and the families of the five women who perished....

After hospital care, the test begins

2013-05-09 00:00:00

In 2011, my husband, Eric, a trial attorney, was felled by a brain stem stroke just before he was to board a flight at O'Hare in Chicago. He was just 53 years old with no prior health conditions or problems. From the outset, we knew his recovery and...

Grief and questions surround deadly limo fire

2013-05-06 23:05:00

OAKLAND — Grief and disbelief reverberated from the Bay Area to the Central Valley on Monday as questions multiplied about a limousine fire that killed five women and injured four on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge. Although officials said they had...

Michael Jackson had skin disease at time of death

2013-05-07 09:28:00

Personal details about Michael Jackson were revealed Monday during his family's lawsuit against entertainment giant AEG. Christopher Rogers, the Los Angeles County deputy medical examiner, testified Monday that the 5-foot-9 Jackson weighed only 136...

Limo fire: Victim planned Manila hilltop wedding, father says

2013-05-08 13:58:00

A woman killed over the weekend in a Bay Area limousine fire was going to have a wedding on a hilltop in the Philippines, her family said. Neriza Fojas, 31, had already had a civil wedding ceremony in Las Vegas with her husband, Carlo Moya, but was...

CHP asks mourners not to place tributes at limo fire scene

2013-05-08 19:18:00

Authorities on Wednesday asked mourners not to place memorial items on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge where five women died after flames consumed their limousine. Leaving flowers or items on the bridge where the fiery tragedy occurred could create a...

Fire survivor says limousine driver did 'not want to listen'

2013-05-07 06:27:00

A survivor of the Bay Area limousine fire that killed five women said one of her friends got stuck trying to escape and that the limo’s driver initially ignored pleas for help. In an interview with San Francisco's ABC7 News, Nelia Arellano...

Pictured from left are Vice President of Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer Donna Clews; Rose Boarman (fifth floor), Outstanding LPN Award; Julia Lark (orthopedics), Medical Surgical Nursing Excellence Award; Brittany Cole (sixth floor), Critical Care Nursing Excellence Award; Tina Aaron

2013-05-19 20:00:00

Air transportation took on a new style in 1930 when the first stewardesses, dressed in uniforms resembling nurses' outfits, began serving passengers their meals with china dishware and silver coffee pots.

2013-05-16 10:21:00

She served as interim chief nursuing officer since last summer. Benjamin spent most of her nursing career at MacNeal.

2013-05-14 10:35:00