"Interviews with nursing staff indicated that the practice of using one patient's insulin pen for other patients may have occurred on some patients, " said Timothy Finan, president and chief executive of Upper Allegheny Health System, the parent company of the Olean hospital.

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An umbrella organisation, the Independent Health Care Providers, which represents many nursing home operators, said it condemned poor practice unreservedly.

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With the launch of Compassion in Practice - a three year strategy for nursing - Ms Cummings will call for new ways of measuring patient feedback, getting trusts to review their culture of care and their staffing levels and explaining in public how they impact on standards.

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To solve that one, as well as to permit his students to take the national nursing exam after graduation and get a license to practice in the U.S., Ross' school must partner with community colleges that offer associate degrees in nursing, pushing students stateside for two of their five semesters.

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