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Registered nurses at St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown, N.Y., and St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson, N.Y., both part of the Catholic Health System on Long Island, have approved new labor contracts, according to the New York…

Nurses at MultiCare Health System's Tacoma (Wash.) General Hospital are taking a stand against hospital work practices by boycotting voluntary overtime and extra shifts from Nov. 10 to Nov. 17, reports The News Tribune.

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Roughly half of registered nurses and licensed practical nurses reported working overtime regularly, according to the recently released Medscape RN/LPN Salary Report 2016.

U.S. worker productivity rose in the third quarter of 2016 by the most in two years, a mark of the economy's strong outlook in the months ahead.

Richmond, Va.-based Richmonders Involved to Strengthen our Communities is teaming up with VCU Health System and HCA Virginia Health System, also in Richmond, to help local residents in "distressed neighborhoods" land healthcare jobs, according to a Richmond Times-Dispatch report.

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