Hospitals and health systems are using a myriad of recruitment and retention techniques as they brace for a nursing shortage — from bonuses and tuition reimbursement to career development opportunities and partnerships with educational institutions.
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Nurses at Philadelphia-based Hahnemann University Hospital voted Jan. 20 to join the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, according to The Inquirer.
National Nurses United is urging California Attorney General Kamala Harris to reject the proposed merger of two Catholic health systems: Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services and Irvine, Calif.-based St. Joseph Health System.
Reading (Pa.) Hospital was ordered by a federal judge to provide documents and information related to compensation for work a lawsuit claims employees did during unpaid meal breaks, according to a Reading Eagle report.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has vetoed a bill that would have required nursing homes to keep a certain number of certified nursing assistants on staff throughout the day and night, according to a NJ Advance Media report.
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When hospitals have above-average nurse staffing levels and better working environments for nurses, surgical patients there tend to have lower mortality rates with similar costs, according to a study in JAMA Surgery.
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Nurses at five Minneapolis-St. Paul hospital systems, represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association, have ratified a three-year contract agreement that includes across-the-board wage increases, according to a Star Tribune report.
The role of a prognosticator is to accurately predict the future. Although many have tried to predict the trend of the stock market, an imminent earthquake, or even the end of the world, soothsayers rarely get their predictions correct.
Local 1199, the union that represents about 175 workers at Taos (N.M.) Health Systems, has endorsed a proposal by Holy Cross Hospital in Taos for Taos County to increase property taxes to help pay for hospital facilities and services,, according…