Chief nursing officers from more than 30 Mississippi hospitals sent a letter to Gov. Tate Reeves and other state leaders to notify them of forecasted bed capacity shortfalls and plea for state help in maintaining nursing staff, according to Mississippi Today.
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With the Biden administration having decided to go ahead with vaccine mandates for businesses with over 100 employees, some business groups are voicing their concerns, CNBC reported Nov. 5.
The Great Resignation has seen a large number of workers quit their jobs. Some of these workers aren't looking to return to the 9-to-5 grind, and instead are pursuing their passion projects, Fortune reported Nov. 3.
Labor organizing is experiencing a surge, specifically in majority female-industries like healthcare and education, reported Bloomberg Nov. 3.
Intermountain Healthcare, a 25-hospital health system based in Salt Lake City, is making new efforts to invest in the education of its workforce.
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A newly created Michigan healthcare coalition is requesting a $650 million bailout amid unprecedented staffing shortages in healthcare facilities around the state, the Detroit Free Press reported Nov. 4.
Hospitals gained jobs in October after losing them the previous month, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
National Nurses United pushed back against hospital-at-home programs in a Nov. 4 statement, arguing such programs do not offer patients the same level of care and threaten to cut nurses' jobs.
Healthcare facilities that do not fully vaccinate all eligible staff members by Jan. 4 may face fines or termination of their Medicare or Medicaid contract, CMS said during a Nov. 4 briefing on the new regulations.
Although generational stereotypes are often exaggerated, some divides do exist between different generations. These divides are being felt in the workplace, with some millennial managers reporting feeling confused and surprised by their Gen Z juniors, Emma Goldberg wrote for The…