In a new position statement, the American Nurses Association declared that nursing "will no longer tolerate violence of any kind from any source."
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Wilmington-based Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware, the largest health insurance provider in the state, laid off 12 employees this week, according to Delawareonline.com.
Columbus-based OhioHealth has notified 350 of its part-time employees that they will no longer be eligible for health benefits, effective at the start of 2016, according to The Columbus Dispatch.
The registered nurses at Marlborough (Mass.) Hospital, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, and UMass Memorial Health Care reached a tentative agreement Aug. 25 on a three-year contract.
Registered nurses at Shore Medical Center in Somers Point, N.J., rallied Aug. 25 to draw attention to their ongoing contract negotiations with the hospital, according to The Press of Atlantic City.
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Dayton, Ohio-based hospital network Premier Health will hold a job fair Aug. 29 as it seeks to fill more than 600 positions, according to a Cincinnati Business Courier report.
Registered nurses at Kindred Hospital Westminster (Calif.) plan to strike for one day beginning Sept. 3.
Registered nurses at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia, Calif., plan to strike for one day on Sept. 3, according to a Santa Clarita Valley Signal report.
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United has filed three charges against Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, Calif., on behalf of two fired nurses, according to a Pasadena Star-News report.
Registered nurses at Schenectady, N.Y.-based Ellis Hospital issued a strike notice Aug. 20 to the hospital, announcing plans to strike on Sept. 3, according to a Times Union report.