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Bill to help Iowa's nursing homes manage costs advances

But staffing agencies warn it might worsen effects of worker shortage ....

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Bill to help Iowa's nursing homes manage costs advances

A proposal to cap what staffing agencies can charge for the help of temporary health care workers — which Iowa’s nursing homes turn to as a means of addressing employee ....

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Bill to help Iowa's nursing homes manage costs advances

Staffing agencies, whose rates would be capped by the bill, warn the proposal could cause nurses to leave the agencies and thus worsen the nursing home worker shortage ....

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Iowa caregivers worked for months despite theft and abuse history

For several months in 2023, an Iowa nursing home employed an aide with a history of theft, and a hospice program employed a caregiver on a registry of known abusers. ....

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Iowa nurses sanctioned for drug theft, fraud and being drunk on the job

The Iowa Board of Nursing has revoked the license of a Cedar Rapids hospital nurse accused of repeatedly showing up for work while intoxicated. Other nurses sanctioned: ....

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