Certified nursing assistants, mental health technicians and emergency medical technicians at Eagleville (Pa.) Hospital voted Friday to be represented by the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, the union said, according to a report from The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Overtime shifts are bound to happen as a nurse. However, the frequency of nurses working overtime can have hazardous effects on employee and patient satisfaction.
Phoenix based company TriWest Healthcare Alliance will hire 235 nurses, patient-service representatives and others for its planned operations center in Rancho Cordova, Calif., according to a report from The Sacramento Bee.
The American Hospital Association's Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate has extended the deadline for its survey on hospital employee health and wellness programs.
A recent study has revealed that nurses who work more than 12 hours in a shift and 40 hours a week are more prone to increased turnover and job dissatisfaction, according to an API Healthcare blog post.
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Baltimore hospitals want to create up to 1,000 new positions for Maryland residents and have proposed a program to do so.
Nurses and technicians at Eagleville (Pa.) Hospital, along with state lawmakers, will rally outside of the hospital Tuesday afternoon to express disapproval of the alleged illegal practices the hospital has taken against its nurses while they were preparing to unionize,…
Though unions are a shrinking portion of the American workforce, women and minority women in particular, are finding a voice in unionized labor, according to a recent report in The Wall Street Journal.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Paramus, N.J.-based Bergen Regional Medical Center Aug. 18 for allegedly failing to protect employees from violent patients, according to a report from NJ Advance Media.
The healthcare industry added 40,500 jobs last month, contributing to the nation's 173,000 new jobs in August, according to the most recent jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.