Larned (Kan.) State Hospital, a state-run psychiatric facility, is requiring mental health technicians to work 16-hour shifts amid a severe staffing shortage, according to The Topeka Capital-Journal.
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Coal Township, Pa., police charged a patient at Coal Township-based Geisinger-Shamokin Area Community Hospital for assaulting hospital employees during his hospital stay March 1, according to The News-Item.
Here are 20 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking nurses in the past week.
A new survey reveals hospitals are struggling to find qualified job candidates for roles such as nurses, physicians and leadership.
Patient assaults on staff continue to be an issue at Concord-based New Hampshire Hospital, according to a New Hampshire Union Leader report.
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Clinical nurse specialists and other advanced practice registered nurses are invited to submit abstracts for the 2019 National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists conference.
The healthcare industry boasts 12 of the jobs across all industries that saw the most growth from 2007-17, with home health aides having the highest growth rate, according to online job finder platform CareerBuilder.
The healthcare industry added 19,745 jobs in February, with hospitals contributing 9,000 to that total, according to a March 9 report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Here are 20 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking nurses in the past week.
The healthcare industry recently surpassed manufacturing and retail for the first time in history to become the largest U.S. employer, but the industry's unchecked job boom has contributed to higher healthcare prices and has failed to translate into better patient…