The hospital is the tenth HCA-owned hospital in Florida to unionize in the last year.
The union and HCA is currently working to agree on a contract for the nurses, who are seeking higher pay and higher nurse-to-patient staffing ratios.
Read the Herald-Tribune report on Doctors Hospital of Sarasota.
Read more coverage on nurses’ unions:
– Nurses at Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center to Strike on Wednesday
– Nurses at D.C.’s Washington Hospital Center Authorize Strike
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