Thanks for generous funding from The Duke Endowment, the Office of the Provost has selected seven research proposals that engage with “Racial and Social Equity in Local Context.” These projects will be led by Duke faculty members beginning as early as July 1.
Carteret County’s tourism took another hit recently when a property owner with a quitclaim deed to sand dunes paralleling portions of the Atlantic Beach sought to deny visitors the ability to cross his newly acquired property to access the public beach. Visitors to our beaches are not interested in property right disputes and absent a quick conclusion to this issue, the county’s reputation as a visitor friendly community may be damaged.
was losing weight. jackie, you re almost shaking as you talk about this. you re a little traumatized. maybe i was not made to be a nurse. in these conditions, i don t think anyone was made to be a nurse. the conditions she are talking about relate to understaffing, which nbc news has investigated in hca hospitals in five states, where some nurses and doctors say hca s focus on profits, 5.6 billion last year, can put patients at risk. the quality of care that we give is not what we want to give. she says the hospital refused to let her work fewer hours, so after 13 months, she quit. but she had a problem. she signed a contract saying that if she did not work two years full-time, she would have to pay back some of the $4,000 they said it cost to train her. rum believes it wasn t training, but an 11-week orientation, which included basic onboarding, technical instruction, and shadowing a experienced nurse. we see these contracts as a form of indentured servitude. brynn o nei
she signed a contract saying that if she did not work two years full-time, she would have to pay back some of the $4,000 they said it cost to train. her rahm believes it wasn t training, but an 11-week orientation, which included basic onboarding, technical instruction, and shadowing a experienced nurse. we see these contracts as a form of indentured servitude. brynn o neil is a lawyer and policy specialist at the largest nurses union in the country, with over 220,000 members. indentured servitude, does that go too far? i don t think so. because i think it s requiring people to work out a term, based on that. these contracts are sometimes used by hospitals to staff the worst shifts and six patients with the least experienced nurses, according to some of the 1700 nurses o neals union surveyed. in the past decade, these contracts have been used by a wide range of hospitals, including acca which says its