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The union representing employees at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence has approved a new three-year deal with the hospital's operator, Lifespan, according to a WPRI report.

With the national nursing shortage hitting hard, Providence Health & Services, Southern California, a nonprofit Catholic healthcare ministry of Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services, have been aggressively recruiting experienced RNs.

SEIU Healthcare Michigan, the state's largest healthcare union, is preparing for a possible strike over a contract dispute affecting workers at a Mercy Health Muskegon (Mich.) nursing unit, according to a report from MLive Media Group.

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Nurses at Shore Medical Center in Somers Point, N.J., who are members of the Shore Nurses Union/New York State Nurses Association, plan to strike for one day Oct. 8, according to a report from The Press of Atlantic City.

Healthcare workers at Pottstown (Pa.) Memorial Medical Center, members of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, plan to strike for one day in October, according to a report from The Mercury.

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