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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.

More than 100 healthcare workers at Watsonville (Calif.) Community Hospital plan to strike May 17, according to a union news release.

San Mateo, Calif.-based Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts opened a campus in Sacramento, Calif., to train medical assistants, ultrasound, X-ray and MRI technnologists and fill the area shortage of people in those professions, reports The Sacramento Bee.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association is considering a 2018 ballot initiative to address hospital staffing, according to a State House News Service report published by The Sun.

Healthcare workers at Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.-based Aspirus Riverview Hospital ratified a contract agreement, according to a Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune report.

Jackson (Tenn.)-Madison County General Hospital, a part of Jackson-based West Tennessee Healthcare, intends to add more than 200 nursing positions to address growing demand in the hospital's emergency department, WBBJ News reports.

An important element of living a healthy life is a balance of physical, intellectual and spiritual well-being, which is reflected in the theme of the 2017 National Nurses Week: The Balance of Mind, Body, and Spirit.

With front-line providers experiencing an epidemic of burnout and compassion fatigue in the era of value-based care, it's critical for hospital and health system leaders to create a cultural environment where nurses are set up to thrive.