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A Washington state senator has drawn the ire of nurses after remarks she made suggesting that nurses in smaller hospitals "probably play cards for a considerable amount of the day." The Washington State Senate considered a bill Tuesday, SHB 1155, that would provide nurses with uninterrupted meal and rest periods.
The Orthodox Jewish Nurses’ Vaccine Task Force is trying to combat misinformation about the measles vaccine as an outbreak spreads in some Hasidic neighborhoods. The group is fighting what city officials have identified as anti-vaxxing propaganda handbook. It was written by an anonymous group that calls itself Peach — Parents Educating and Advocating for Children’s Health.
Nurse practitioners in Ohio and across the U.S. have been pushing for the ability to practice and prescribe independently and physicians have been pushing back. Advance practice nurses say they could expand Ohioans access to health care, but they are limited because they have to maintain supervision agreements with physicians.
The California Nurses Association has reached a tentative agreement with Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, according to a statement from the association on Friday. The three-year collective bargaining agreement covers 650 nurses and looks to recruit and retain registered nurses at the hospital while strengthening their ability to protect patients, the association said.
A measure meant to improve working conditions for nurses in Washington has some nurses up in arms demanding change. The bill requiring meal and rest breaks for nurses was amended on Tuesday to include an eight-hour limit on workdays. “It was quite the shock,” said registered nurse Tracy Smith.