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Hospitals in Washington state warned that they anticipate permanent care delays and cuts to services if proposed staffing legislation under consideration by state lawmakers is enacted.

As CMS' COVID-19 vaccination mandate is in effect nationwide, the agency is allowing flexibility in terms of when healthcare workers are considered fully vaccinated. 

The Wisconsin Assembly passed legislation Feb. 23 that would make it a felony to threaten a healthcare worker. 

Resume bias seems to persist in hiring, so scrapping the resume altogether may help eliminate unconscious bias and improve diversity, Bloomberg reported Feb. 21.

HCA Virginia hospitals are hosting a registered nurse hiring event Feb. 24 in Midlothian.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request to review a lawsuit filed by a group of Maine healthcare workers that sought to block enforcement of the state's vaccination mandate based on their religious objections, the Portland Press Herald reported.

Among registered nurses surveyed in November 2021, 32 percent indicated they may leave their current role, up from 22 percent in February 2021, according to a new report from McKinsey.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing in Omaha has received a three-year, $2.2 million grant to support resiliency in the nursing workforce.

A number of rural hospitals have averted a mass exodus of workers in the wake of the federal COVID-19 vaccination requirement, according to Politico.

While healthcare workers still overwhelmingly report being satisfied with their jobs, they also report experiencing ongoing strain amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with almost 1 in 4 saying they are likely to leave the field in the near future, according to…