Aspen University in Phoenix is surrendering its nursing program license as it cannot meet the minimum required first-time pass rate percentage on the national exam to become a nurse, says a document provided by the Arizona State Board of Nursing.
The National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) needs to have a pass rate of 80%, and the university doesn't see itself meeting that requirement in the near future.
A staffing agency that serves healthcare facilities in New York state was accused in a lawsuit by a nurse who immigrated to the United States from the Philippines of using hardball legal tactics to stop workers from quitting low-paying jobs.
Benzor Shem Vidal alleges that Advanced Care Staffing placed him to work at a facility in "brutal and dangerous conditions," including caring for 40 patients at once, and threatened him with serious financial harm if he tried to leave the company.
The nurses at the University of Michigan continue to negotiate with university leadership with a strike possibility remaining on the table.
The nurses have been working without a contract since July 1. The union has accused the university of breaking labor laws and has filed a lawsuit over the university's refusal to discuss workload ratios.
Thousands of nurses returned to work Thursday at Minnesota hospitals following a three-day strike over wage increases and staffing and retention made worse by the coronavirus pandemic.
Members of the Minnesota Nurses' Association at 15 hospitals in the Twin Cities and Twin Ports walked off the job Monday. Nurses could soon learn what impact the strike may have had on efforts to reach a new contract.
More than half of the union nurses at a New Jersey hospital wouldn't feel safe being treated at their own facility.
An overwhelming majority said the hospital is an unsafe working environment. And the nurses say they frequently face crushing workloads that put "patients and staff at risk."
AUGUSTA — The dire need for additional behavioral healthcare resources was again the focus of a Maine legislative task force's second meeting tudying the process for bringing criminal cases against perpetrators of violence in healthcare settings.