More than half— 66 percent — of healthcare workers are confident they would be able to find a new job, according to the most recent Randstad Healthcare Employee Confidence Index.
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A startup website is connecting nurses with the patients and families who need them, according to a report in The Boston Globe.
Over the past few years, the demand for locum tenens physicians has risen drastically.
Nurses at Shore Medical Center in Somers Point, N.J., members of the Shore Nurses Union, will not strike this week as planned, according to a report from The Press of Atlantic City.
Local 5149 of AFT Connecticut, the union that represents 350 registered nurses at The William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Conn., is facing charges of intimidation and threatening, according to The Day.
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Although employee engagement in the United States has improved since 2013, it has remained fairly stable since the beginning of this year, remaining at 32 percent during the month of September, according to a Gallup survey.
Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital is temporarily cutting the wages of most workers to save money, according to a Republican-American report.
Sunrise, Fla.-based Interim HealthCare is apologizing to the Haitian community after posting a discriminatory job ad, according to a WLRN report.
Nurses at Ayer, Mass.-based Nashoba Valley Medical Center allege poor working conditions at the hospital have a negative impact on patient safety, according to The Sun.
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems and seven of its hospitals have come under fire by the National Labor Relations Board for allegedly violating worker rights, according to a Reuters report.