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Astrid Fiano, DOTmed News Writer | September 21, 2009
"Everyone depends on nurses for quality patient care, yet the health care system in America lacks an adequate supply of nurses and the problem is getting worse," said Senator Durbin in the press release. "By 2020, the shortage in Illinois alone could exceed 21,000. Today's legislation proposes a new, innovative program that builds on our existing health care workforce - an important, but currently untapped resource. The debate in Congress over health care reform must include solutions that address this growing problem."
The new legislation would build upon the current health care workforce through a new grant program at the Department of Labor. It would also provide education and training to incumbent health care workers to earn a nursing certificate or degree it would also assist current nurses in obtaining specialty training or advanced degrees to serve as nurse faculty, which increases the capacity of nursing schools to train more nurses.
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State: New Jersey Makes Tenth Arrest in Phony Dentist Case
New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgrim reports that the Newark Police Department and investigators from the state Division of Consumer Affairs' Enforcement Bureau has arrested two men for unlicensed practice of dentistry, the ninth and tenth such arrests in New Jersey in the past year. A press release on the AG's website says Carlos Bello and Aristoteles Berenzon were arrested and charged with unlicensed practice of dentistry.
The AG's web site says that such unlicensed "dentists" operate out of residences, basements and dental laboratories. They have performed dental procedures and also administered prescription medications by both injection and dispensing drugs. These treatments have led to injuries for patients, including broken teeth, infections and unconsciousness. The prior undercover investigations resulted in arrests for unlicensed practice of dentistry, possession of a prescription legend drug, obtaining prescription drugs without a prescription, possession of hypodermic syringes and possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance.
