One of the Indianapolis area's larger hospital networks is removing some barriers and reworking guidelines in order to attract more high-quality nurses. IU Health is making the changes to provide convenience for applicants. It is also easing its dress code requirements and offering flexibility for nurses considering site assignment changes.
St. Charles Bend nurses represented by the Oregon Nurses Association have voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new 4 1/2-year contract, nearly seven months after their previous one expired. Nearly 98 percent of the roughly 700 ballots cast were in support of the new contract, according to ONA spokesman Casey Campbell.
Nurses at Hahnemann and Saint Christopher's Hospitals have approved new, 3-year contracts. The 1,400 nurses are part of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals - the largest nurses union in Pennsylvania.
Nurses at Barton Health have overwhelmingly granted their bargaining team the ability to call for a strike in the event ongoing negotiations fail to move forward in a favorable direction — a move that Barton believes is premature.
A licensed practical nurse who was supposed to care for a woman in a vegetative state at a long-term Arizona nursing facility was arrested after she gave birth to a baby last month, officials announced Wednesday. Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams said at a news conference that 36-year-old Nathan Sutherland was arrested and will be charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of vulnerable adult abuse for the incident at the Hacienda Healthcare facility in Phoenix.
Registered nurses at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital have voted to go on strike for one day on Feb. 13 if a union contract cannot be settled before then. The Wyoming Valley Nurses Association, the union which represents the registered nurses, announced in a press release that they have informed hospital management they are willing to bargain every day until an agreement is reached. The hospital has agreed to one bargaining date on Thursday, Jan. 24.