NOTES ON NURSING
Boston Nurses Talk of Caring for Wounded and Families of Marathon Bombing The screams and cries of bloody marathon bombing victims still haunt the nurses who treated them one week ago. They did their jobs as they were trained to do, putting their own fears in a box during their 12-hour shifts so they could better comfort their patients.
HEALTH CARE
Seniors Get Hung Up in Health Care Scams Many of the fraudsters seem to be preying on the public’s confusion over the massive changes taking place in the nation’s health care system.
LABOR UPDATES
Texas Fertilizer Plant Was Storing Highly Explosive Material The Occupational Safety and Health Administration had not inspected the plant since 1985, when it was cited for five serious violations and fined $30. Yes, 30 whole dollars. The company has also been fined in recent years, including by the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration for not having filed a risk-management plan and for safety violations, respectively.
Krugman: The Jobless Trap But while debt fears were and are misguided, there’s a real danger we’ve ignored: the corrosive effect, social and economic, of persistent high unemployment. And even as the case for debt hysteria is collapsing, our worst fears about the damage from long-term unemployment are being confirmed.