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Members of the Service Employees International Union gather for a local rally. |
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Naples Community Hospital Answers Unfair Labor Complaint
Nurses Allege Intimidation, Harassment for Organizing Union
Naples Community Hospital (NCH), south of Tampa, denied charges in May that administrators allegedly intimidated and harassed nurses who were attempting to organize a union.
In its response to the National Labor Relations Board in Miami, which leveled the complaint in April, the hospital denied nearly every charge except two related to a verbal and a written reprimand to one of the nurses.
The reply, supplied by attorney Jim Brown – from the law firm Ford & Harrison hired to represent the hospital – simply reads “denied” for each accusation.
DAVID ROSENFELD |
Two nurses train at Seminole Community College in part of the nursing program’s new four-story training center. |
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Winner of Nursing Scholarship Like Many Her Age Back at School
Seminole Community College Boosts Enrollment
Jennie Long is part of a growing number of middle-age adults who have returned to college to earn a nursing degree. The 52-year-old from Winter Park worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant at long-term care facilities for the past 25 years before being lured back to school by the incentives of higher pay as a registered nurse.
DAVID ROSENFELD |
Clermont’s Growth Creating Demand
Clermont, located just 22 miles west of Orlando in Lake County, seems to have everything that a small growing community would want—quality housing, good schools, and a thriving business community. Everything, that is, except enough physicians. Clermont, like many Florida cities, has experienced explosive growth during the last several years. The number of residential housing units in the city increased 113.6 percent from 3,995 in 2000 to 8,534 in 2005.
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Keep an Eye on Children’s Eyesight
Identifying Young Patients at Risk for Vision Problems
Ophthalmologists have long recognized that children’s eyes are unique and quite different from adult eyes. Because pediatricians and family practitioners know their patients well and see them frequently, they play a critical role in evaluating children for a number of conditions that can develop throughout a young person’s life. Most importantly, early detection and prompt treatment can often save a child’s sight.
DR. ROBERT S. GOLD |
New Drugs for Treating Addiction
Addictive disorders are a major national public health problem costing billions of dollars annually.
The major drugs of abuse are alcohol, opioids (heroin and narcotics), cannabis, stimulants (methamphetamine), and cocaine (both powder and crack), as well as nicotine.
DR. CHOWALLUR
DEV CHACKO |
Eliscu Pens Practical Guide for Medical Marketing
Andrea Eliscu wanted her third book to be more than a medical marketing guide. She says it’s a labor of love and a culmination of the wonderful experiences she’s had over the years working with talented and inspiring clients and colleagues throughout healthcare and marketing communities.
STEPHANIE DOYLE |
Clinical Application of Interventional Endocrinology
Carl Sagan in his role as professor at Cornell University once said, “A Scientist must hover in a strangely divided state of mind - open to all things, yet closed to anything but the most rigorously proven hypotheses. Science requires a strange mating of two contradictory tendencies – A willingness to consider even the most bizarre ideas, and at the same time, a harsh skepticism, requiring hard evidence to back up every claim.”
MARK GORDON |
Cone Beam CT X-Ray Takes Guesswork Out of Dentistry
A new technology is changing the way a general dentist or specialist looks at patients - literally.
No longer do they need to rely only on two dimensional x-rays for diagnosis, treatment planning and patient education. X-rays now come in three and even four dimensions, including manipulation of those images with new programs.
BARBARA MCCONNELL |
Physician Spotlight: Dr. Ben Guedes
As a medical school applicant, Dr. Ben Guedes, like most medical school hopefuls, was required to write an essay. But unlike some applicants, perhaps, his topic took very little thought.
“I had already decided I wanted to take care of children,’’ he said. “That’s just what I always wanted to do. If you can do something really good for a child, curatively, they have a whole life ahead of them.”
STEPHANIE DOYLE |
SEMINOLE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY:
Recruitment Resource Established for Seminole County Medical Society - In the past, the office managers have expressed a need for recruitment services due to the complexity of finding a qualified candidate. Therefore, as Executive Director my mission began by researching several companies that would best benefit the Society at minimal cost. On Friday, May 16, 2008 SCMS partnered up with Jobing.com to provide its members with this service. Jobing.com committed to create and manage the classified section through the SCMS website.
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The Oral-Physical Health Connection
If the eyes are the window to the soul, could the mouth be the window to the body?
A growing stack of research tells us that at the very least, the mouth gives dental professionals warning signs of larger, systemic health issues and can provide valuable clues to physicians willing to make the connection.
CINDY SANDERS |
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