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Sixty-nine percent of healthcare workers feel stressed in their job, and 17 percent are "highly stressed," according to a survey from CareerBuilder and MiracleWorkers.com.

According to Vital Signs 2012: A National Nursing Attitudes & Outlook Report, a report created by Jackson Healthcare, seventy-six percent of nurses are either satisfied or very satisfied with their work environments, with only 5 percent reporting being very dissatisfied…

The following is a roundup of recent events pertaining to hospital-union relationships, including strikes, rallies and new contract agreements. All events were reported within the last two months, beginning with the most recent.

The following are eight statistics on the United States' primary care workforce, compiled from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's fact sheets and reports.

A strike scheduled to begin Monday has been called off, as officials from Greenfield, Mass.-based Baystate Franklin Medical Center and the Massachusetts Nurses Association have reached a tentative contract agreement, according to a report by The Recorder.

While healthcare employment remained virtually unchanged in January, hospitals did not fare nearly as well, according to the most recent jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Greenfield, Mass.-based Baystate Franklin Medical Center will hire temporary nurses to fill in during a strike planned for Feb. 10, according to a report by the Daily Hampshire Gazette.

A National Union of Healthcare Workers' lawsuit against Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente can move forward after a federal judge denied Kaiser's motion for summary judgment.

Orlando-based Florida Hospital plans to build an apartment complex in College Park, an Orlando neighborhood, geared specifically toward its employees, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.

Thirty percent of nurses working in hospitals say they feel bullied at work, according to a recent Jackson Healthcare survey.