Being a nurse isn’t easy — in fact, more and more nurses are facing increasingly difficult working conditions and are burning out. According to a recent survey from AMN Healthcare, 22% of nurses hold more than one job as a nurse. And 37% of these nurses say that doing so “negatively affects their quality of life.”
A Texas nurse was killed on New Year's Eve by what police believe was celebratory gunfire. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez wrote in a statement that the 61-year-old woman was celebrating New Year's by setting off fireworks with her family in Laurel Oaks, outside Houston, when she called out that she had been shot.
Body positivity is a movement that promotes the idea of viewing your body – as well as others’ – positively, despite societal pressure to look a certain way. Its goals include addressing unrealistic body standards and helping people feel confident in and accepting of their bodies.
The ongoing standoff between unionized nurses and Providence Health and Services’ management over paid time off, worker retention and other issues could be making some headway as the next series of negotiations are slated to kick off this week in Seattle.
St. Joseph and Redwood Memorial hospital workers and management were vocally at odds with each other over the course of 2019. In November, an estimated 500 hospital workers who are members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers planned a 24-hour strike amid stalled contract talks with the hospital’s management and administrators.