October 1, 2011
Marc D. AllanThe recession pushed some nurses out of retirement and others into full-time jobs. But the nurse shortage is expected to resume
as the economy improves.
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September 30, 2011
J.K. WallThe new Indianapolis-based organization was formed by Nursing 2000, Nursing 2000 North and the Indiana Nursing Workforce Development
Coalition, all of which focused on generating an adequate supply of well-trained nurses.
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May 23, 2011
J.K. WallBob Brody, CEO of Franciscan St. Francis Health, which operates three hospitals in central Indiana as part
of the 13-hospital Franciscan Alliance system, discussed the rationale for its decision to take control of Visiting Nurse
Service Inc.
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May 19, 2011
J.K. WallVisiting Nurse Service Inc., a 200-employee agency based in Indianapolis, will operate under the umbrella of Franciscan St.
Francis Health, the organizations announced Thursday.
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March 2, 2011
Scott OlsonThe Metropolitan Development Commission awarded the tax abatements for the nursing school, set to open in October, despite
opposition from the Nora-Northside Community Council and Metropolitan School District of Washington Township.
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February 14, 2011
IBJ StaffFranciscan St. Francis Health plans to open a short-stay medical center in Carmel, creating 76 jobs by 2015, the health system
announced Monday morning.
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May 17, 2010
IBJ StaffInterim dean Anne Thomas now has job outright at University of Indianapolis nursing school.
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May 8, 2010
Norm HeikensThe new home for the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute that’s rising from the ground at IUPUI must do a lot
of things well.
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January 19, 2010
Peter SchnitzlerThe locally based maker of nursing-education software will use the infusion to accelerate growth.
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November 24, 2008
Linda WessicAs the bedrock of the United State's health care delivery framework, the nursing profession represents the top need for open
health care positions across Indiana and much of the nation.
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August 20, 2007
Peter SchnitzlerBy the year 2020, the United States is expected to face a nationwide shortage of at least 1 million nurses. Fishers-based
Orbis Education Services Inc. CEO Dan Briggs sees a potential profit center. Founded in 2003, IT startup Orbis aims to provide
the link between universities and hospitals for online delivery of nursing courses.
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Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.
Yes. Blame those who were too lazy to go vote Obama out and those who voted him in again. That's my take on it. I know folks won't get it on the left. OK. Start berating me now!
Serioulsy, people are AGINST this project? Most communities would be salivating over a project like this. You'd rather have an empty eye-sore gas station and shacks posing as apartments? This project is exactly what BR needs. BUILD IT MR MAYOR. And yes, I am a BR resident, and have been for 20 years.
As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.