Federal standards were followed in scheduling nursing staff at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home "to provide the needed level of care to veterans," but overtime costs rose nearly 87 percent, said a state audit released today.
Nurses at the Veterans Administration Healthcare System protested outside the VA's La Jolla Hospital Wednesday, over concerns about under-staffing and patient care problems.
The nurses union and other caregivers announced Tuesday night that 98 percent of them voted to express their opposition to the administration at Swedish and its parent organization, Providence.
In April 2015, Tawny Dzierzek, a nurse from Kentucky, shared a selfie on Facebook after a skin cancer treatment. She was 27 years old when she posted the graphic photo to show the world the ugly side of tanning gone wrong.
A judge says the state doesn't have to honor a contract negotiated with a union representing University of Iowa nurses before the new anti-collective bargaining law was signed.