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Saint Louis University Hospital workers have reached a new contract agreement with management, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.

The Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement, the union representing nurses at Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif., voted May 11 to ratify the previously announced tentative agreement with the hospitals.

More workers at Bergen Regional Medical Center in Paramus, N.J., were allegedly assaulted by patients after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the hospital last year for failing to keep the workplace free of hazards, and for incorrectly recording…

Nurses from Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital representing the Massachusetts Nurses Association are expected to picket May 17 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., according to the Boston Business Journal.

"What do nurses, musicians and play actors have in common?" David W. Lee, PhD, head of market access for USCAN, GE Healthcare, asked hospital executives at a round table at Becker's Hospital Review 7th Annual Meeting. "No productivity gains."

A new federal rule will require high-hazard industries, such as nursing care facilities and hospitals, to publicly report data about workplace injuries and illnesses — information that has typically been logged for private use, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Imagine being treated as well at your doctor's office as you are at your favorite restaurant. That's how healthcare should be, and that's where it's going.

A practicing public health nurse recently authored a blog for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, sharing tips on how the healthcare industry can make nursing more inclusive and help minorities in nursing succeed.

Workers at Salinas (Calif.) Valley Memorial Hospital will go on strike Tuesday if no negotiations are made in the coming days, according to a KSBW report.

Older baby boomers are planning for a longer job tenure, according to a new study conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.