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The Florida Office of Financial Regulation has opened a new investigation into a Lakeland staffing company suspected of fraud, Althera Staffing, and its embattled owner, Ellis Hinton.

Nurses fought for safer staffing standards at the Capitol Wednesday, the result of budget negotiations in the final weeks of session.

A Bay area nurse was arrested on Thursday after she was accused of using her job to get painkillers for her own use.

In Forest Park, Georgia, moms are mad. They staged a "nurse-in" to protest a new city ordinance forbidding mothers from breastfeeding children age 2 and older in public. Tampa Bay Area moms have mixed opinions on the subject.

In Forest Park, Georgia, moms are mad. They staged a "nurse-in" to protest a new city ordinance forbidding mothers from breastfeeding children age 2 and older in public. Tampa Bay Area moms have mixed opinions on the subject.

Detectives say the nurse used her position to call in fraudulent prescriptions, using the name of a doctor for whom she used to work.

Longtime Bartow nurse Mary Cromartie has been honored as the Polk County Nurse of the Year in the surgical/clinical category.

Tampa police say Larsen Hunt was shot to death Tuesday in her home. Larsen was a nurse at Tampa General Hospital.

Investigators say Brenda Singer was employed as a private nurse, hired to care for a 15-month-old boy who needs round-the-clock medical care.