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On This edition of Oregon On The Record, you’ll hear about how local private college Bushnell University is putting a new grant to use in training and educating nurses who are starting out, or returning nurses updating their skills.Dean of Faculty, Reed Mueller, Ph.D. talks about creating a ready pool of credentialed and trained nurses as a critical first step in alleviating a healthcare labor shortage that can severely impact us all.
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Whooping cough cases in Lane County have doubled in the last week. Health officials are urging the public to take precautions.
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Oregon lawmakers have rejected a proposal that would have let parents force their children into treatment for drug abuse.
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Just over three years since Oregon voters passed Ballot Measure 110, elected officials want to repeal key elements, blaming the law for open drug use and soaring overdoses. But it’s their own hands-off approach that isn’t working, advocates say.
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The Oregon Senate Tuesday passed a bill that would cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month.
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Patients are waiting longer to get care in the wake of University District hospital’s closure in Eugene, and Rep. Nancy Nathanson wants to fund an ambulance to change that
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Over 90 home and hospice nurses with PeaceHealth Sacred Heart began a two-week strike Saturday.
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Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would prevent government mental health services from turning away patients with intellectual or developmental disabilities. It would also end the practice of forced commitment in the state.
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Some veterinarians are retiring, or already left the industry during the pandemic because of burnout, or other reasons. At the same time, more and more Americans are adopting pets.
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PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Home Care Services nurse will be going on a two-week strike starting on Feb. 10. We'll hear from a hospice nurse on why they're striking and what nurses are hoping for in a new contract.
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In an hourslong public hearing, the ongoing debate over ending the state's decriminalization experiment, Measure 110, took center stage.
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Deschutes County Health Services has confirmed a case of human plague in a local resident.