An Iowa measure that allowed retired state healthcare professionals to return to work earlier than usual — to ultimately alleviate a provider shortage — is set to expire this summer, according to a Sioux City Journal report.
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More than a hundred nurses from the New York State Nurses Association rallied in front of the office of the state’s Department of Health in support of a bill that would establish a minimum nurse-to-patient ratio at hospitals in the…
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Nurses from UPMC Altoona (Pa.) rallied outside UPMC's headquarters in Pittsburgh Thursday after a one-day strike that ended Wednesday, according to a News Times report.
The National Labor Relations Board started a hearing this week addressing the 48 allegations facing Pittsburgh-based UPMC for anti-union activity, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.
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The one-day nurses strike at UPMC Altoona (Pa.) ended Wednesday at 7 a.m. EST, but only 31 nurses were recalled into work directly following the strike's end, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.
The total number of local health department employees fell from 190,000 in 2008 to 162,000 last year, a drop of roughly 12 percent, according to the 2013 edition of the National Association of County and City Health Officials Profile of…
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.