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A nurse at Milwaukee and Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Aurora Health says she regrets not wearing a mask or practicing social distancing while visiting her sister's Wisconsin bar last week.

About 200 Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital employees, including nurses, who were furloughed in April are back at work, WTSP reported.

Milwaukee and Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Aurora Health is expressing disappointment about a video of one of its nurses at a crowded Wisconsin bar, according to WGN-TV.

Nearly 3 million Americans filed unemployment claims in the week ending May 9, according to seasonally adjusted data released May 14 by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Psychiatric advanced practice nurse Alan "Tony" Amberg, MSN, APRN, is a familiar face at Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital. 

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have long discussed concerns regarding nursing workforce-shortage projections secondary to a variety of factors.1, 2

Hospitals and health systems are the largest employers in 17 U.S. states, according to an analysis by 24/7 Wall Street, which runs a financial news and opinion company.

New York nursing homes and adult care facilities must ensure twice-weekly COVID-19 testing for all staff and report positive results to the state's health department by the following day, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a media briefing May 10.

In a weekend interview, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett projected the nation's unemployment rate to surpass 20 percent, according to The Washington Post.

At least 90,000 healthcare workers have been infected with the new coronavirus across the globe, a new report says.