Nursing job market shifts as Southern Illinois hospitals cut costs
Southern Illinois hospital executives say nurse shortages eased but job prospects remain bleak for new RN and LPN grads. Hospitals cut staff due to DRGs and regulated reimbursements, pushing cutbacks and shifting training focus. Logan and SICCM members discuss reducing LPN seats while consistent demand for highly skilled RNs persists at Memorial, Franklin, and Carbondale M hospitals.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Hospital
Southern Illinois
Jeanine Hayduk
SICCM
John A. Logan College
Logan
Hayduk
Illinois Department of Public Health
Franklin Hospital
Margaret Walton
Murphysboro talks heat up over long range downtown project
Tony Stevens reports that Murphysboro's downtown redevelopment plan centers on a 1000 block Walnut Street proposal led by Scuras Real Estate. The plan aims to spur growth, address traffic and parking, and may influence a February mayoral primary tied to the political environment.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Jim Scuras
Scuras Real Estate Agency
Walnut Street
Scuras
Jackson County
Sydney Appleton
Appleton
Locust Street
Central Business District
Greater Egypt
David McDowell
Patrick McCann
SIU and engineers seek mediation over contract talks
Southern Illinois University Carbondale and IBEW Local 702 representing 11 WSIU and WUSI engineers filed for federal mediation Friday. Talks since September hit impasse last month over contract language and related issues. parties await Mediation Service response.
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Nancy Weil
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIU
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
WSIU
WUSI
Olney
SIUC
Ibew Local 702
Carbondale Clinic seeks second surgicenter license
Carbondale Clinic officials push again for a state certificate of need to build a standalone outpatient surgical wing, facing a staff recommendation to deny for lack of multi-institutional agreements. Administrator Wayne Given says many area hospitals won t cede cases, arguing several small clinics would better serve outpatient surgery. The clinic revised estimates and faces possible appeals if denied a second time.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board
Southern
Illinois
Wayne Given
Given
IHFPB
Clinic
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
IHFPE
Illinois Department of Public Health
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Elkville village petitions open for April election
Nominating petitions are available for five village offices in Elkville for the April 2 election. Incumbents Piper Foster Bedar Gauch Yaskal may seek new terms with no primary. petitions must be filed January 14 to 21. Turco Manufacturing plans full production within two weeks with 250 employees at peak after Allied Tube acquisition. Johnson County Ambulance Service may reform with paid volunteer EMTs under new county guidelines discussed January 16.
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Elkville
James Piper
Stephen Foster
Ross Bedar
William Gauch III
Howard Yaskal
Foster
Turco Manufacturing Co
du Quoin
Turco
Robert Feigenbaum
Allied Tube and Conduit Corp
Harvey
Allied
Johnson County Ambulance Service
Mike Taylor
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Ifr Apple Festival
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Grant
Walnut
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