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Becker's Hospital Review reported the following events related to hospital-union relationships — including unionization votes, strikes and contract agreements — since May 3.

Nurses diagnosed with dementia should be able to continue working as long as they are able, a nursing union in the United Kingdom said during its annual meeting Monday.

It's logical that patients have a more positive experience when employees are engaged in their work.

The medical field is a physically demanding and emotionally taxing industry, making it no surprise that many healthcare professionals turn to drugs or alcoholism for escape.

Service and technical workers at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mass., a part of Boston-based Partners HealthCare, will decide for or against unionization, reports The Boston Globe.

Registered Nurses represented by National Nurses United protested what they say are "eroding" patient care conditions due to high RN turnover rates at hospitals affiliated with Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems and its spin-off Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health Corp.

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Hospital will be the first institution to offer on-the-job training to workers under Maryland's recently approved apprenticeship for environmental care supervisors, according to The Baltimore Sun.

Registered nurses ratified a contract with Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, both in Los Angeles.

I've met many of today's influential nurse leaders, human resource professionals and healthcare executives, and I've spoken to hundreds, perhaps thousands, of industry experts.

So many of the nurse leaders I speak with daily ask the same question.