Hundreds of extra nurses and midwives are set to join the New South Wales (NSW) public health system as the Minns government works towards a goal of hiring more than 1000 new graduates. The 520 frontline staff will begin working in western Sydney later this year, the government said, beating a previous record intake of…
IN-DEPTH: Number of Nurses Suspended Over Serious Misconduct Doubles in a Year
The number of nurses and midwives being suspended from work has more than doubled within a year. Analysis by The Epoch Times shows that between March 2022 and March 2023, over 660 nursing staff in the UK were handed suspension orders over fitness to practice concerns—a jump from 311 the previous year. The figures, recorded…
ANALYSIS: One Nurse to 11 Patients: Pennsylvania Grapples with Controversial Fix to Workforce Crisis
News Analysis When nurses have too many patients to care for, medications are given hours late, and patients must wait for basic needs like bathing, toileting, eating, and drinking to be met. Those who can’t hold their own cups must wait for a few sips of water and are sometimes found with visibly dry lips….
Nearly 1,900 Ontario Nurses Commuting to Work in Michigan: Report
As Ontario faces an estimated shortage of 30,000 nurses and health care professionals, a new report finds that nearly 1,900 nurses living in the province regularly commute to work in Michigan. The report was published by the think tank Secondstreet.org, which contacted just over 3,000 Ontario nurses with active licenses in the U.S. state to learn about…
Senate HELP Committee Holds Hearing on Critical Shortage of Doctors, Nurses
Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) said it’s obvious America has a problem when it comes to health care. “Simply put … a significant percentage of our population live in places where they cannot access the health care they desperately need,” Sanders said as he opened a hearing by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP)…
Nurses Ratify Contracts After Strike at Two NYC Hospitals
NEW YORK—Nurses who went on strike at two major New York City hospitals this month have ratified the contracts that were hammered out to end the walkout, their union said Tuesday. The New York State Nurses Association said 98 percent of nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center voted in favor of the…
Ontario Expanding Free Tuition Program to More Health-Care Professions
Ontario is expanding a free tuition program to more health-care professions in order to entice future graduates to stay in the province and provide care to underserved communities in return. The province’s Learn and Stay grant, announced last March, will now also cover tuition and other costs for paramedic and medical laboratory technologist programs, said…
New York City Nurses End Strike as Deals Struck With Hospitals
Thousands of striking New York City nurses have reached tentative deals with hospitals and will return to work after a three-day walkout over demands to increase nurse-to-patient ratios they said had led to overstretched staff and undercut patient safety. Negotiations ran into the late hours of the night Wednesday before tentative deals were struck with…
LIVE NOW: More Than 7,000 Nurses Go on Strike in New York City
Thousands of nurses at two New York City hospitals went on strike on Monday after contract negotiations stalled over pay and staffing levels, a move that caused one of the facilities to postpone procedures and appointments. The walkout involves more than 7,000 nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai Hospital in…
More Than 7,000 Nurses Go on Strike in New York City
Thousands of nurses at two New York City hospitals went on strike on Monday after contract negotiations stalled over pay and staffing levels, a move that caused one of the facilities to postpone procedures and appointments. The walkout involves more than 7,000 nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai Hospital in…
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