Sunday, May is the first day of National Nurses Week. It's an annual week-long observation that recognizes the work nurses do each and every day in the medical field.
HCA Healthcare is raising the stakes in a fiercely competitive labor market, pledging $300 million for employee benefits that are largely designed to attract nurses, company executives told Reuters.
Jackie Nelson thought her daughter was going to die. The 10-month-old stopped breathing at a Council Bluffs Walmart, leading to frantic moments for Nelson. But a pair of nurses who happened to be shopping with their own kids became her daughter Hazel’s guardian angels that day.
Two Colorado nurses who repeatedly put patients at risk by stealing powerful painkillers from the hospitals where they worked had already lost jobs at other health-care facilities for similar behavior, court documents show.
Nirva Berthold had nursed cancer patients at Brigham and Women’s Hospital for nine years, when she decided to go after a higher-paying position. The Haitian-American nurse said she was turned down for that job because she is black. When another Haitian- American nurse stuck up for Berthold, that woman said the hospital retaliated against her.
A former nurse at the Charleston VA medical center filed a lawsuit against the hospital this month, alleging that leaders made her a scapegoat because she is a black woman. She said the incident damaged her career following a botched operation that she claims wasn't her fault.