Mental health nurse facing axe (Edinburgh Evening News)
A MENTAL health nurse faces being struck off on Monday following an "inappropriate" relationship with a patient.
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State revokes licenses of Putnam mental-health facility (The Journal News)
SOUTHEAST - The state Office of Mental Health has revoked the operating licenses of a private mental-health facility that treats young adults at two residential centers in Southeast, ruling that the facility failed to correct repeated violations and that its owner and clinical director lied at an administrative hearing.
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School nurse plays vital role (Daily Courier)
Not long ago, a school nurse was called away from her Montgomery County elementary school to give medication to a student in a school a few miles down the road. Not wanting to leave her building because of the number of children with medical problems, she delayed her departure for a few minutes.
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Judge OKs taping of Brian Dugan mental exam (Chicago Tribune)
Judge allows tape of talk with defense therapist A DuPage County judge ruled that a mental health exam of Brian Dugan by a defense psychiatrist can be videotaped, in an opinion released Wednesday.
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Mental health system in dire straits: stabbing victim (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Prosecutors say they will be submitting that a mentally ill man should receive an indefinite sentence for attempting to murder a nurse outside an East Perth clinic last year.
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Carol Davis on a project training school nurses in mental-health issues (Guardian Unlimited)
School nurses can be key when pupils have mental-health issues. A new project trains them to help students
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Health Department's state grant to put $2M to work to help Orange County's uninsured (Orlando Sentinel)
Using a new state grant of nearly $2 million, the Orange County Health Department has an aggressive plan to find and help the uninsured.
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City council to hear update on efforts to help homeless (The Peterborough Examiner)
The executive director of the Peterborough branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association will update city council Monday night on the progress made in helping the city’s homeless. Len Lifchus, executive director of the United Way of Peterborough and District, said Mark Graham is going to provide an update [...]
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Both boyfriends wrong for nurse (The Columbus Dispatch)
Dear Abby: I am a woman living with a man but "in love" with another man I broke up with because he's an alcoholic.
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WA News (The West Australian)
Health Minister Jim McGinty has agreed to meet with a mental health nurse who was stabbed in the face and neck by a patient, and listen to her concerns about the current state of mental health support services in the State.
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