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Hundreds of replacement nurses from across the country are ready to step in at Minneapolis-based Allina Health if its regular nurses go through with their planned strike, according to a Star Tribune report.

Oregon's Employment Department announced the state's employment rate will increase 14 percent between 2014 and 2024, with the healthcare and social assistance sector adding 46,300 new jobs, KTVZ reported.

A contract under which Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., employs and supplies psychiatrists to the state's main hospital for the mentally ill is in flux, according to a Valley News report.

More than 1,120 healthcare workers at Pomona (Calif.) Valley Hospital Medical Center have voted to join SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, making it the largest hospital unionization in California in nearly 15 years, according to a San Gabriel Valley Tribune report.

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.