Massachusetts nurses rallied for mandated nurse staffing ratios during a news conference Aug. 21, according to The Republican.
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Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolinas HealthCare System (now Atrium Health) and Marriottsville, Md.-based Bon Secours Health System were the two health systems to make a list of top companies with flexible working policies, according to a report from job seeker website FlexJobs.
Amid a nationwide nursing shortage, Petersburg, Va.-based Southside Regional Medical Center's junior volunteer program is giving aspiring nurses and medical workers a chance to see what it's like to work in a hospital, WTVR reports.
Predictive features offered as part of popular nurse and staff scheduling tools aren't living up to the hype, according to a KLAS Research report.
Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health has raised its minimum wage in North Carolina from $11 per hour to $12.50 per hour.
Physician burnout increased from 45.5 percent to 54.4 percent between 2011 and 2014, according to an article in the American Journal of Medicine.
The following healthcare organizations shared hiring plans since July 13:
Steward Health Care System, a Dallas-based for-profit hospital chain, will host job fairs at Youngstown, Ohio-based Northside Regional Medical Center to fill more than 200 positions at its facilities, according to The Vindicator.
Here are 20 hospitals and health systems that have posted job listings seeking nurses in the last week.
Interim administrators are looking to staff Tulare (Calif.) Regional Medical Center, which closed in October 2017 and is expected to reopen this October under Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health, according to a Visalia Times-Delta report.