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Nurses at Staten Island, N.Y.-based Richmond University Medical Center, represented by the New York State Nurses Association, reached a tentative contract agreement with the hospital in time to avert a strike, according to a Staten Island Advance report.

When healthcare employees are engaged in their work, it means lower turnover, greater efficiencies and improved patient care. But many hospitals and health systems may be overlooking one key component that can drive higher staff engagement: Training and development.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is tightening its enforcement on hospitals in an effort to protect nursing employees, according to NPR.

Registered nurses at HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster, Mass., have voted to authorize a strike.

Effective chronic disease patient management is possible when a strong medical service team is in place comprising social workers and community health care workers.

Registered nurses at Gloversville, N.Y.-based Nathan Littauer Hospital and Schenectady, N.Y.-based Ellis Medicine have voted to authorize a strike.

Nurses at Newton, Mass.-based Newton-Wellesley Hospital reached a tentative contract agreement with the hospital in time to avert a one-day strike that was scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. June 30, according to a Boston Business Journal report.

Waukegan, Ill.-based Vista Health System is highly rated by its own physicians, according to a EmCare blog post.

About 800 nursing assistants and other workers at Danbury (Conn.) Hospital and New Milford (Conn.) Hospital voted Friday not to unionize, according to The News-Times.

About 900 nurses at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Mass., members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, plan to strike for one day on June 30.