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The Massachusetts Nurses Association, which represents 3,300 nurses at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital, voted Monday to authorize a one-day strike, The Boston Globe reports.

Cabell Huntington (W.Va.) Hospital workers have ratified a new five-year contact with the hospital, according to WSAZ.

Nurses and technical professionals have ratified contracts with Kittanning, Pa.-based Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, according to a TribLive report.

The following healthcare organizations shared plans to hire workers since May 19, starting with the most recent.

Cradle Cincinnati, a nonprofit based at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center aimed at reducing infant mortality, plans to create two dozen jobs to reach pregnant women in local neighborhoods, according to a Cincinnati Business Courier report.

The new University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital in Iowa City is seeking to fill more than 250 positions in the $360 million facility, slated to begin treating patients Dec. 10, The Gazette reports.

Hundreds of employees at Irvine, Calif.-based St. Joseph Health, represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers, reached a tentative labor agreement with hospital administrators Wednesday, The Press Democrat reports.

A proposed New Jersey bill calls for the formation of a county hospital authority to oversee Paramus, N.J.-based Bergen Regional Medical Center, where frequent assaults have been reported, according to The Record.

Nurses at Mercy Health Partners' Hackley Campus in Muskegon, Mich., have voted to authorize their bargaining team to call a strike, according to an MLive.com report.

Degrees in registered nursing, health information and medical records administration, and healthcare administration and management are three of the most valuable in the healthcare industry, according to a new report.