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"We must take care of our nurses so they can take the best care of our patients," Pamela Cipriano, PhD, RN, president of the American Nurses Association, wrote in a recent post on the CDC's Safe Healthcare blog.

Despite that the goal to "understand millennials" has started to become a worn talking point, a recent survey from Gallup indicates employers have yet to pinpoint what millennials are looking for in a workplace.

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Since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014, there has been a sharp rise in new healthcare jobs, with nearly half a million added in 2015 alone.

A union is urging hospital officials to halt cuts at Pawtucket, R.I.-based Memorial Hospital in the wake of a planned merger between Providence, R.I.-based Care New England Health System and New Bedford, Mass.-based Southcoast Health System, The Valley Breeze reports.

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