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Thank you for continuing to follow along with me as I explain ten reasons for the Heroin Epidemic raging across our country. My last blog pinpointed doctor culpability, and there is little disagreement how prescriptions have added to the problem. …
Several states, including New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, are considering “BSN-in-10” laws that would require newly licensed RNs to obtain their BSN within 10 years of licensure, if they don’t already have it. Hospitals increasingly prefer to hire …
In the beginning, families lived close to one another. Children, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and other extended family members took care of one another. Those who did not have family were cared for by charitable institutions, mainly churches. Government did not …
A California-based policy shop is asking for a $30 million expansion of the state’s transitional housing program to serve homeless youth and older foster youth with extra challenges. The John Burton Foundation sent a letter to California Assembly Budget Subcommittee Chair …
by Kristin Herbert “I was 15 the first time I went to solitary,” said Edwin R., now in his late 20s. “I had just found out my father passed away, and this guy called me over to fight. Either way, it’s …
Book Review- What to Do about Mama? By Barbara G. Mathews and Barbara Trainin Blank What I like about this book is the different perspectives on caregiving as there are many contributors. This provides any individual or professional reading the …
Tuesday, Sept 30 at 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT This webinar is completely free and registrants will receive a recorded video of the presentation and be entered to win one of our many giveaways! Register Now! The …
“Precariat” combines the terms precarious and proletariat to describe the experience of working class individuals facing underemployment at a later age after maintaining employment for most of their lives
In the Spotlight Despite New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s recent unveiling of a $41 billion dollar plan to build and preserve 200,000 affordable housing units, the struggles associated with locating and securing affordable housing do not look like …
El Dorado Elementary School Principal Silvia Cordero announces one of the winners of the weekly student-of-the-week award. ____________________________ For one young student – let’s call him Martin — the 2012-2013 school year at El Dorado Elementary in the Visitacion Valley …