Among the leading factors that drive people into homelessness are poor health and a lack of healthcare. Too often illness and injury lead to the loss of work and income, devastating family finances ...

Critics are speaking out after an October veto by Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown led to the formal dissolution of the state’s Board of Registered Nursing, which went into effect this year, according to a ...

Capitol Desk delivers the latest in health care policy and politics from Sacramento and around the state. Have an idea? Let us know. The newly appointed head of California’s nursing board says his ...

The California Office of Administrative Law has approved regulations proposed by the Board of Registered Nursing, resulting in a new Section 103 Nurse Practitioner application that is now available ...

The findings are the latest rebuke to the Board of Registered Nursing by the auditor, Elaine Howle, whose office has released several critical reports of the board in recent years. SACRAMENTO — The ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — California nurse midwives say they're under attack from the Board of Registered Nurses, saying their out-of-hospital birthing practices are subject to expensive and frivolous ...

Lorena Burkett, a registered nurse at Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, says the state’s nursing shortage is rooted in heavy workloads that dissuade young people from entering the field and drive ...

On Thursday, the California Board of Registered Nursing unanimously approved emergency regulations requiring all nurses to submit fingerprints as part of the state licensing process, in hopes of ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger replaced most members of the California Board of Registered Nursing on Monday, citing the unacceptable time it takes to discipline nurses accused of egregious misconduct. He ...

SACRAMENTO — Amid a frantic scramble to open hospitals and increase the number of healthcare workers, California nursing schools are warning state officials that an estimated 10,000 nursing students ...

The California board that regulates the nursing industry falsified its records to make it appear it was properly investigating allegations made against the state’s nurses, including serious complaints ...