Our nurses in the Pediatric Cardiac Care Center receive specialized ICU training specific to pediatric cardiac care. In addition, all nurses remain certified in BLS and PALS and receive on-going education throughout their tenure in the PICU and in the PCCC. They are compassionate and seek to provide top […]
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CHICAGO (CBS) — Hundreds of nurses picketed outside University of Illinois Hospital, after going on strike Saturday morning, demanding better care for patients as part of an ongoing contract dispute. Nurses said they put an offer on the table early Saturday morning, before walking off the job at 7 […]
Express News Service HUBBALLI: In a rare gesture, the COVID-19 warriors from the Ballari district are being honoured by few parents who are planning to name their kids after doctors and nurses. Ballari saw large numbers of deliveries during the last three months, of which nearly 150 deliveries were of women […]
UI Health is pleased that, today, Cook County Judge Pamela McLean Meyerson granted University of Illinois Hospital’s request to enter a Temporary Restraining Order against the Illinois Nurses Association (INA) preventing select critical care nurses it represents from striking. In doing so, Judge Meyerson noted that the “specialized expertise of […]
More than 800 nurses at the University of Illinois Hospital and its clinics went on strike Saturday morning after failing to reach a contract with the hospital. The nurses, who are part the Illinois Nurses Association, were in negotiations with the hospital through the summer, and their three-year contract expired […]
My role as a clinical nurse leader has provided me with the opportunity to observe patient interactions, meet with patients about their experiences, and coach and mentor staff members. Molly Conklin, B.S.N., RN, PCCN, is one of many excellent nurses I have worked with in my career, but what stands […]
Joe Goldeen | The Record FRENCH CAMP – Registered nurses who work at San Joaquin General Hospital, Public Health, county clinics and the County Jail walked off the job at 7 a.m. Wednesday and plan to stay out on strike for the next five days, according to the union that […]
Kelly Gooch – Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 Print | Email Citing patient safety concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses at Oakland, Calif.-based Alameda Health System and in San Joaquin County’s health system will strike for five days beginning Oct. 7, according to the unions that represent them. Strikes are scheduled at […]
Sarah Owen, Southwest Florida Community Foundation Published 9:00 a.m. ET Oct. 5, 2020 CLOSE Stacy Brown, a registered nurse for Lee Health, administers a swab sample for coronavirus testing of a drive-thru patient at the Page Field Mobile testing facility. (Photo: Ricardo Rolon /The News-Press USA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA) The […]
CHICAGO —Hundreds of striking University of Illinois nurses and health care workers marched to the Thompson Center Friday morning to ask Gov. JB Pritzker for support. In addition to at least 800 nurses, about 4,000 SEIU union members are also on strike. The hospital employees are fighting for a 4.5% […]
Squawkers and complainers about COVID-19 restrictions curtailing their restaurant visits and bar hopping might benefit from a timeout to focus on Hawaii’s medical workers, quietly going about their business every day to ease the suffering of terrified patients stricken with the virus. If you have a minute, tie a white […]
These are very stressful times for nurses working in the emergency department at the Lakeshore General Hospital. There is currently a critical shortage of staff, according to Elizabeth Rich, V.P. of the nurses union. Normally 13 nurses work in the ER to treat 31 patients. Lately, the same number of […]
As the U.S. prepares for a potential second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, health care workers on the front lines claim there is still a critical shortage of medical N95 respirators and other personal protective equipment (PPE). Rachel Spray, a nurse at Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center in Fresno, California, […]
CHICAGO — University of Illinois at Chicago nurses on Saturday began a 7-day strike in protest of what they say are unfair labor practices. News outlets report the nurses are asking for better protective equipment and a smaller patient-to-nurse ratio. On Friday, CBS Chicago reported a Cook County judge had […]
More than 800 nurses at the University of Illinois hospital (UIH) in Chicago went on strike starting Saturday morning after contract negotiations broke down over nurse-to-patient ratios. © Getty Images Over 800 nurses in Chicago hospital strike over failed contract negotiations About 1,400 nurses were originally set to walk off […]
CHICAGO (WLS) — Negotiations resumed Tuesday on day four of the University of Illinois Hospital nurses’ strike. Rainbow PUSH’s Rev. Jesse Jackson joined the picket line in the morning. “We’re fighting for adequate equipment, we’re fighting for hours that make sense, we will not give up, we will not surrender, […]
YAKIMA, Wash. Two hospital nurses have filed a complaint with the Washington State Department of Health arguing that staffing and sanitation practices are putting patients and staff at risk during the pandemic. Sylvia Keller and Alice Westphal said Virginia Mason Memorial has been dangerously understaffed, resulting in nurses working every […]
The NHS 111 service has permanently stopped nurses and other healthcare professionals in a clinical division handling calls with people suspected of having Covid-19 after an audit of recorded calls found more than 60% were not safe. © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Ollie Millington/Getty Images The audit was triggered […]
Two nurses at Virginia Mason Memorial filed a complaint with the state Department of Health, alleging that the hospital’s staffing, sanitation and personal protective equipment practices put patients and staff at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sylvia Keller and Alice Westphal alleged the hospital has been dangerously understaffed in its […]
“Our feeling was that staffing was so tight, when this came to be, the system broke. It just broke,” she said. The most recent bill about the issue proposed in the state Legislature is the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act of the 2019–20 legislative session. It’s currently in committee. […]
The nurses gathered in the nation’s capital from all across the country. WASHINGTON — On Saturday, nurses from across the country marched from Black Lives Matter Plaza to the MLK Memorial located at the National Mall. Marching not just for themselves, but also for their patients. “Black Nurses Matter is […]
Graphic by Lori Deaton As a retired critical care and hospice nurse with over 30 years of practice at Mission, I am writing to encourage Mission nurses to vote for a union through National Nurses United and for community members to encourage the Mission nurses they may know to do the […]
The strike was supposed to include about 1,300 nurses, but a judge ruled that 525 who work in critical care couldn’t take part because it would endanger patients. CHICAGO — More than 800 nurses walked off the job Saturday at Chicago’s University of Illinois Hospital after the latest contract negotiations […]
UPDATE: Sept. 11, 2020: A Cook County circuit court judge granted the temporary restraining order Friday morning, prohibiting nurses in certain critical care units from participating in the work stoppage Saturday. But the union still plans to move ahead with its action. “It’s important to realize the ruling does not restrict […]
(HealthDay)—Workplace climate is the factor most associated with burnout in nurses, according to a study published Sept. 1 in the American Journal of Critical Care. Lakshmana Swamy, M.D., from the Boston Medical Center, and colleagues evaluated the frequency of burnout and individual and organizational characteristics associated with burnout among critical […]