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The program was a pilot at Humana Audubon in Louisville, Ky, my home state. Their reasoning was that the shortage of nurses prohibited them hiring more RN's. This was a program spawned by the American Hospital Association and endorsed by the American Assoc. of Nurse Executives (ANOE). The pilot site was to be kept a secret. As I recall (I have oldtimers and CRS) the Ky Board of Nursing initally agreed to allow this project to take place. Gary
Jay-Jay, RN
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I made a post on Friday about Mike Harris wanting to privatize Ontario hospitals, and in it I said that one hospital in the States was so short of nurses that they gave housekeeping staff nursing-type uniforms, and had them pass out meds. I remember reading this during one of the MNM discussions, or was it in that infamous Chicago Trib expose?
Can someone help me find the source for this info? I intend to send letters to various individuals/media, etc. and need to make sure I've got my information accurate, and can direct people to the source to check that I'm NOT MAKING THIS STUFF UP! (Unfortunately!)