Virginia Mason Memorial hospital in Yakima, Wash., is reducing hours for many of its full-time employees, effective April 19, TV station KIMA reported.
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Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health said more than 900 clinical staff have stepped up to care for COVID-19 patients at its facilities.
Providence Saint John's Health Center is providing N95 masks to all its workers providing care for patients with suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 after the suspension of 10 nurses sparked a protest last weekend, a union representing 150,000 nurses…
Hospitals and health systems are preparing for COVID-19 workforce challenges that vary based on organization size, location and number of cases handled. To overcome these challenges, organizations should focus on whether they're before a surge of patients, during a surge…
More than 400 respiratory care practitioners and respiratory therapists across California say they do not have adequate safety protections and need the same protections as physicians and nurses in their hospital, according to the SEIU United Healthcare Workers West union.
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A critical care nurse at ChristianaCare's Wilmington (Del.) Hospital walked off the job April 13, saying her employer isn't doing enough to protect healthcare workers and that she was banned from wearing an N95 respirator to treat COVID-19 patients, according…
The University of Virginia in Charlottesville is freezing hiring for faculty, staff and health system positions.
Federal data released this week showed that healthcare professionals account for 9,282 of the 315,531 COVID-19 cases nationwide, their median age is 42, and 73 percent of them are female.
Hospitals and health systems should think about employee health and safety in a broad way and address the whole person, mentally, physically, emotionally and financially amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said Lori Knowles, chief human resources officer of Houston-based Memorial Hermann…
Three nurses from Alabama who were recruited to work in New York City hospitals amid the COVID-19 pandemic are suing a staffing firm after finding what they considered to be unsafe working conditions, according to a recently filed lawsuit cited…