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Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health has indicated it could sever ties with the company that employs more than a hundred physicians and nurses at Mission hospitals, according to a WCQS report. 

The following hospitals and health systems shared plans to hire workers in the past month, starting with the most recent.

The new Surprise, Ariz.-based Cobalt Rehabilitation Hospital, which has been under construction and expects patients in January, will bring about 140 jobs to the area, according to a Sun City Independent report.

Boston Medical Center and Tufts Medical Center will raise starting pay to $15 per hour amid union pressure and activity, according to The Boston Globe. 

The RN Work Project is a 10-year long study of newly registered nurses.

Nursing is the most trusted profession, according Gallup's annual poll ranking honesty and ethics in various fields.

The holidays can be a hard time for nurses to maintain work-life balance when illness, injury and death rates increase.

Healthcare workers at Nathan Littauer Hospital and Nursing Home in Gloversville, N.Y., held a candlelight vigil Thursday night, according to a WAMC report.

Medical technicians and respiratory therapists at Danbury (Conn.) Hospital and New Milford (Conn.) Hospital voted this week to stay in the AFT Connecticut union, according to a report from The News-Times.

Oneida (N.Y.) Healthcare nurses, represented by the New York State Nurses Association, rallied Wednesday over staffing levels, according to a Oneida Daily Dispatch report.