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.
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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.
Metro Atlanta hospitals are trying to attract new nurses by offering signing bonuses upwards of $10,000 to $20,000, according to WSB-TV.
Nurses at Easton (Pa.) Hospital have reached an agreement with the hospital after months of negotiations, a union official said, according to The Morning Call.
The following hospitals and health systems are filling at least 100 jobs.
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Registered nurses at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia, Calif., have called off their strike that was scheduled to begin Sept. 3, according to a Santa Clarita Valley Signal report.
Registered nurses at Schenectady, N.Y.-based Ellis Hospital reached a tentative contract agreement with the hospital in time to avert a strike that was scheduled to begin Sept. 3, according to a Times Union report.
More than 400 custodial and other workers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center will have to reapply for their jobs if they want to stay at the hospital due to a change in vendors, according to WCPO.
In a new position statement, the American Nurses Association declared that nursing "will no longer tolerate violence of any kind from any source."
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.