Category: hospital workers

Canada First to Develop Medical Standards to Keep Kids From Suffering Pain in Silence

The Health Standards Organization has released a new set of guidelines to help hospital workers manage children’s pain—particularly for those who can’t communicate when they’re hurt. It’s the first national standard in the world focused on pediatric pain. Emergency physician and pediatric pain researcher Dr. Samina Ali says for a long time, doctors believed young…


Facts Matter (Sept. 30): 175 Hospital Workers Fired Over Mandate; Hundreds File Lawsuit; Hospital Shortages Coming?

In North Carolina, a hospital system has just fired almost 200 of their employees because they failed to comply with the vaccine mandate. This is a similar situation that we’re seeing play out across the entire country in states like New York, Indiana, California, and so on. However, some workers have begun to collectively fight…


Vaccine Mandates Affect Hospital Staffing Wars

In the rural northeastern corner of Missouri, Scotland County Hospital has been so low on staff that it sometimes had to turn away patients amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. The national COVID-19 staffing crunch led to hospital CEO Dr. Randy Tobler hiring more travel nurses to fill the gaps. And the prices are steep—what…