Registered nurses at AHMC Seton Medical Center in Daly City launched a two-day strike Wednesday, calling on AHMC to address issues around patient care, understaffing, and a chronic lack of supplies.
Approximately 200 nurses picketed at the medical center Wednesday morning, along with supporters from the community. The strike continued into the afternoon from 2 to 5 p.m., with a rally at 3 p.m. It will continue on Thursday at the same time slot.
Northside's Nurse Extern Program is designed to engage nursing students a little bit earlier in their school career to give them an opportunity to get acclimated to an inpatient environment.
Nurses at Vermont's largest hospital are calling on the University of Vermont Medical Center to do more to address increasing violence in the emergency department.
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - UVM Medical Center nurses say they're under attack. They're calling on the hospital to do more after reports of violence in the emergency department.
Far from the Nashville courtroom where nurse RaDonda Vaught was convicted of homicide for giving a patient the wrong drug, medical experts and talking heads have mostly asked the right questions. Will the case have a chilling effect on the nursing profession? Did software system issues at Vaught's hospital contribute to the tragedy? Aren't chronically low staffing levels priming the pump for future mistakes?
All are important, all worthy of examination. But the rush to answer these questions obscures a development, nurses say, that may radically alter the delivery of medical care in our country. It is a sea change hiding in plain sight.
Nurses at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center announced they will stage a one-day strike on June 23, 2022, claiming they are understaffed, overworked and lacking in needed supplies to adequtely do their job.