Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune is backing nurses who are entering their fourth week of a strike against a Mercy Health hospital in Toledo. Portune sent an open letter to Mercy Health, saying that he plans to file a resolution that will officially ask Mercy to address "crucial staffing issues" that lead to the strike.
Twin Cities nurses walked the picket lines Thursday, including those who work at North Memorial Health Hospital, a Level 1 trauma center in Robbinsdale. Nurses are pushing for a new collective bargaining agreement. Their main concern is workplace safety. One of those marching was Sen. Chris Eaton, DFL-Brooklyn Center, who is also a nurse.
Alverno College’s nursing school and the Ascension Wisconsin-affiliated Columbia College of Nursing could merge under a new partnership between the college and Glendale-based health system. The two institutions announced Tuesday they have signed a letter of intent to form a new partnership that will expand Alverno’s health care programs and provide continuing education opportunities for Ascension employees.
“How often has your partner physically hurt, insulted, threatened with harm or screamed at you?" This four-item inventory, called "HITS" for short, is used to screen patients for domestic violence in primary care and hospital settings all over the world.
Thanks to the state’s embrace of Obamacare, California has expanded health insurance to millions of uninsured residents over the last five years. But as the number of people covered has grown, so has the strain on the doctors, clinics and hospitals that must respond to the increasing demand for care.
A registered nurse has had her license restricted by the Florida Department of Health after an investigation that began with her unconscious on the floor of a Jackson Memorial Hospital restroom last June. Maria Hernandez’s address registered with the Department of Health is in Cape Coral in Southwest Florida.