For some new nurses, it was the fear. They feared putting an intravenous catheter into a baby for the first time. They feared talking to their supervisors. They feared failure. ...more

December 10, 2008

For some new nurses, it was the fear. They feared putting an intravenous catheter into a baby for the first time. They feared talking to their supervisors. They feared failure. ...more

December 9, 2008

Nicotine called. In 2005, while at the hospital where her husband Bill lay in a coma in the intensive care unit from a ruptured brain aneurysm, Valerie Anne Faulkner finally found a place in the hospital where smoking was allowed. ...more

December 3, 2008

There is no shouting here. In the neonatal intensive care unit at Tallahassee Memorial hospital, nurses' voices are restrained even as they rush in with new patients and gently push needles into thread-thin veins. Too much stimulation can overwhelm their tiny charges. With underdeveloped lungs, babies cannot cry out. ...more

November 28, 2008

The trials of two men accused of severely beating a man popularly known as the "The Walker" are set to begin next Wednesday. ...more

November 26, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - When Scott Paton's son, Nick, was born three and a half years ago, everything seemed perfect. The fairy tale almost ended, however, when the newborn had trouble breathing. A breathing problem put him in the Intensive Care Unit, where doctors scrambled to diagnose and fix the problem. ...more

November 16, 2008

David Schoelles went from classroom to classroom at Explorer K-8 on Friday so students can put a face with the name of their interim principal. ...more

November 8, 2008

Hillsborough County Circuit Judge Rex Barbas remains in stable condition after being rear-ended while riding his motorcycle home from lunch with friends Saturday. ...more

November 3, 2008

There's no phone and no television. Only a screen offers privacy. But heart patient Edward Gray understands why the hospital put him in a cardiac unit hallway. ...more

October 27, 2008

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An Arkansas television anchorwoman died Saturday, several days after being found beaten in her home when she didn't answer her wake-up call, hospital officials said. ...more

October 25, 2008