Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners Applauds Bi-Partisan Effort to Define Advanced Practice Nurses' Role in the Public Health Code. Health & Medicine Week (7/4/2011)
...nurse practitioners. Nurse practitioners, also known as advanced practice registered nurses, are registered nurses who have earned a master...Public Health Code of Michigan (see also Public Health). ...

Bill would help hospitals hire nurses from Canada.(Michigan may issue temporary licenses to Canadian nurses to help with a shortage)(Brief Article) Crain's Detroit Business (6/26/2000)
...LANSING - Southeast Michigan hospitals hurting...Engler would allow registered Canadian nurses...receive temporary Michigan licenses while...at least 200 nurses, that's good...to work as a registered nurse ...

Bill would tap out-of-state nurses amid shortage.(registeration for nurses) Crain's Detroit Business (3/13/2006)
...allow nurses registered in other states to work in Michigan without being...The Michigan Nurses Association...Bill 5493, the Nurse Licensure Compact...director and chief nurse executive at...states match ...

Healthy debate; Nurses, administrators square off over nurse-patient ratios and how best to fill them. Crain's Detroit Business (9/27/2004)
...Katie Merx Michigan's registered nurses are pushing for mandated nurse-to-patient...May, the Michigan Nurses Association...assign to a registered nurse at any time...institute ...

MSU HELPING NURSES TRANSITION INTO NEW PRACTICES, ALLEVIATING SHORTAGE. States News Service (12/4/2009)
...Nursing is helping retain nurses by transitioning them...with the 2009 Building Michigan's Health Care Work...was established by the Michigan Health Council to recognize...the next 30 years." Michigan's nursing work force...percent of ...

Kerry supports striking nurses at Northern Michigan Hospital. Health & Medicine Week (5/3/2004)
...John Kerry is supporting registered nurses at a Michigan hospital who have been on strike...outraged to learn that Northern Michigan Hospital refuses to act in...damaging care quality at Northern Michigan. U.S. Representative Bart...

United American Nurses Vote Brings 'Super Union' and New Chapter for RN Power Closer to Achievement. Science Letter (11/17/2009)
...for RNs. The Minnesota Nurses Association is the largest...legislative activity. The Michigan Nurses Association is the...effective union for RNs in Michigan. As the voice of all registered nurses in ...

Labor Shortage Plagues Michigan Health Care Industry. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (3/13/2001)
...shortage of nurses and other skilled...By 2008, Michigan will need 1.4 million registered nurses, but...difficult for nurses to juggle the...Vicki Boyce, a registered nurse with more than...member of the ...

Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners Appoints Executive Director. Telecommunications Weekly (8/31/2011)
...president of the Michigan chapter of Women...practice environment for Michigan's nurse practitioners...practitioners' services. Nurse practitioners are registered nurses who have completed...centers. Keywords: ...