The need for a pulse-ox device becomes extreme in the hospital when a patient who had been stable suddenly gasps for breath and begins to turn blue. A pulse-ox is a small piece of equipment that clamps onto a patient's finger and registers her oxygen level. Some cost a couple hundred dollars, but the cheapest retail for around $20.
Illinois State Rep. Fred Crespo, D-Streamwood: As the husband of a nurse, I have seen firsthand the enormous contributions nurses make. That’s why, as a legislative leader in the Illinois House, it is my duty to advocate on behalf of nurses whose work is invaluable to our communities.
Dignity Health has more than 50 nursing job openings across their 3 campuses in Bakersfield. The local hospital chain’s recruiters are looking to traveling nurses help them fill those openings. Traveling nurses are nurses who work full-time on a temporary basis.
The Minnesota Nurses Association says the threat of a strike has been withdrawn. They reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota early Saturday morning. The association says the hospital has agreed to provide nurses with a 3% wage increase over the next two years.
Nurses represented by the Minnesota Nurses Associaton voted Thursday night to authorize the negotiating team to call a strike, rejecting the latest offer from Children’s hospitals. Nurses have been negotiating with Children’s since March.
Registered nurses, elected officials and community leaders hold a rally at the steps of City Hall Wednesday morning to call for funding and better staffing solutions at city hospitals.