Brigham and Women's Hospital nurses on Thursday urged the hospital to cover any potential tax penalties they incur after learning two of their health insurance plan options do not comply with state law, according to the nurses' union. Noncompliance could result in hefty punitive costs for 2,000 nurses and their families, according to a news release by the Massachusetts Nurses Association. The hospital said it is in the process of requesting waivers of the requirements. Health insurance options for nurses were a key issue in contract negotiations, which ended in August, averting the nurses' potential one-day strike.
An Iowa nurse spent 10 days establishing a care center in an airport and helping those in the North Carolina mountains after the recent hurricanes.
Ashley Lester lives on a farm in Warren County and is a PRN at the Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines. Ashley was watching the news and following along on social media after Hurricane Helene struck.
Nurses at University Medical Center in New Orleans have given notice to the hospital regarding their intention to hold a one-day strike on Oct. 25 after management failed to address patient safety concerns during contract negotiations.
The notice comes after nurses, among the 600 members of the National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU), over the weekend voted by an overwhelming majority of 98 percent to authorize a strike.
A new study from Penn’s School of Nursing links the quality of the nurse work environment and COVID-19 mortality rates among socially vulnerable Medicare patients.
A new Penn Nursing Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) study, published in INQUIRY, finds a strong association between the quality of the nurse work environment and COVID-19 mortality rates among socially vulnerable Medicare beneficiaries. The study examines data from 238 acute care hospitals across New York and Illinois.