Immigration policies directly affect about one-fifth of the U.S. healthcare workforce, particularly those who care for the elderly, according to a study published in the June issue of Health Affairs.

New research sheds light on the state of the emergency, trauma and transport nursing workforce. 

Employees at Anoka (Minn.) Metro Regional Treatment Center protested May 29 for security upgrades at the psychiatric facility after an attack on a nurse, according to NBC-affiliate TV station KARE.

Here are the five most-read workforce stories reported by Becker's Hospital Review so far this year, starting with the most popular:

Physicians, nurses and other healthcare workers are not satisfied with hospital efforts to combat workplace violence against them and are demanding more, Kaiser Health News reports.

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals on May 10 unveiled the public health system's first comprehensive nurse recruitment campaign, Nurses4NYC.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association will reviving its push for mandatory nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in the state after a failed attempt  last fall, according to the Boston Business Journal.

A health system in Western New York state is trying to fill hundreds of immediate nursing openings, according to ABC-affiliate TV station WKBW.

Bringing employees aboard who fit into their workplace culture tops the priority list of most healthcare leaders reviewing potential hires, according to the Medical Group Management Association's most recent  Stat poll.

Healthcare added 27,000 jobs in April, with hospitals contributing 8,300 positions to that total, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Abrazo Mesa (Ariz.) hospital, which is under construction, is holding a job fair this week to fill healthcare positions, according to radio station KTAR-FM.

A 24-year-old patient has been charged with punching a nurse in the face at the Women and Infants Hospital in Providence, R.I., city police told the Providence Journal.

Hospitals have continued to see job growth in 2019.

The Washington Legislature has passed a bill that requires hospitals to give nurses and other staff regular rest and meal breaks, according to a Spokesman-Review report.

A Washington state senator has received about 1,700 decks of cards, following her controversial comments about nurses earlier this month, the lawmaker said in a statement April 24.

A Washington state lawmaker has agreed to shadow a 12-hour nursing shift after facing backlash for her controversial comments about nurses, according to CNN.

Nurses are pushing back after a Washington state lawmaker said some nurses in small, rural hospitals “probably play cards” much of the time, according to USA Today.

Here are the five most-read workforce stories reported by Becker's Hospital Review this year:

Healthcare is among the U.S. industries that saw a hiring decrease from February 2018 through February 2019, at 3.2 percent, according to a study from the Reboot Digital Marketing agency.

Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health said it laid off 239 employees within its IT services company in an effort to better position the company for success, according to Penn Live.