Some Florida hospitals are reducing hours for healthcare workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to TV station WJXT.

Minneapolis-based M Health Fairview said it expects to cut work hours for some of its staff beginning April 6, the Star Tribune reported.

As hospitals face an influx of COVID-19 patients, hospitals are ramping up their bed capacity, but they may not have enough nurses to staff them, a professor from University of California, San Francisco wrote in a Health Affairs blog.

The U.S. State Department is opening up visa processing for medical professionals from other countries.

In the last week or two, hospital and health systems nurses have protested their lack of access to personal protective equipment as they care for COVID-19 patients.

Newton, Mass.-based Atrius Health, the state's largest independent physician group, is temporarily closing offices, furloughing many nonclinical employees and deferring pay for remaining workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Kaiser Health News reported.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order to get thousands of new healthcare workers into the field to help the state manage the influx of COVID-19 patients. The effort to recruit more workers is called the California Health Corps. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and Amazon are among the top 10 companies with the most job openings in the U.S., according to LinkedIn.

Hospital employees are among the confirmed cases of COVID-19. Here are U.S. hospitals or other healthcare sites where employees have tested positive during the pandemic.  

National Nurses United said it has filed more than 125 complaints with Occupational Safety and Health Administration offices in 16 states accusing individual hospitals of not providing safe workplaces.

Burlington-based University of Vermont Health Network is rearranging staff ahead of an expected surge of COVID-19 patients, the VTDigger reported.

Hospital employees are among the confirmed cases of COVID-19. Here are U.S. hospitals or other healthcare sites where employees have tested positive during the pandemic.  

A new Maine law has suspended physician oversight of physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses, among other changes.

Healthcare workers across the country are sharing their stories of fighting COVID-19 via a private online document created March 19 by Sonja Schwartzbach, a critical care nurse in New Jersey who is doctoral student in nurse anesthesia, The New York Times reported.

U.S. hospitals and health systems are taking steps to ensure a strong workforce amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are updates from five states:

The Department of Veterans Affairs is asking retired VA clinicians to come back to help treat COVID-19 patients.

A New York City hotel will house nurses, physicians and medical personnel responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The San Antonio State Hospital, an inpatient psychiatric hospital in Texas, is hiring for nearly 100 jobs amid the COVID-19 pandemic, KSAT reported.

Utica, N.Y.-based Mohawk Valley Health System has made some workforce changes as it prepares for a surge of patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Observer-Dispatch reported.

The American Medical Association is calling on the U.S. State Department to expand the physician workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic by opening visa processing for international physicians.