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On Thanksgiving morning, a woman seeking treatment for two broken fingers at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash., where she's worked as a midwife for 10 years, delivered a baby in the emergency room after a woman arrived in…

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Nurses at San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare have called off plans to strike for three days beginning Monday, reports The San Diego Union-Tribune.

On Tuesday, the National Labor Relations Board said nurses at St. Louis-based Des Peres Hospital have voted to no longer be represented by the National Nurses United union, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.

Digital Third Coast, a Chicago-based internet marketing service, recently worked with the nursing program at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Ill., to research state-by-state nursing demand in the U.S.

Registered nurses represent the largest health profession with approximately 3.1 million members, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics. There are few, if any, aspects of healthcare delivery that are not dependent on nurses, who in turn substantially impact patient,…

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