Nurses at Massachusetts’s Saint Vincent Hospital Ratify New Patient Ratios Contract

Registered nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., have voted and ratified a new three-year contract with the hospital, under which patient ratios would be reduced to four to five patients per nurse during day and evening shifts and a maximum of five during night shifts, according to a Boston Globe news report.

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Saint Vincent nurses agreed to a three-year contract in the beginning of May, averting a planned strike. The nurses, who are represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, and hospital had previously disagreed over staffing levels. At that time, staffing levels were six to seven patients cared for at one time.

Read the news report about Saint Vincent nurses’ ratification of the new three-year contract.

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