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NYSNA nurses have reached a historic 5-year contract with NYC Health + Hospitals/mayoral agencies for pay parity, salary increases, and improved staffing ratios

In this episode were joined by Jeff Richards, Chief Development and Operating Officer at SnapNurse. Tune in to learn Jeffs insights on healthcare staffing, nurses coming from an agency or technology platform, setting up a float pool and more. This episode is sponsored by SnapNurse.

Saint Joseph nurses say Providence is violating California’s safe staffing law, which mandates safe RN-to-patient staffing ratios. Ongoing payroll errors have resulted in missing pay for hundreds of nurses.

Bon Secours Mercy Health is hosting a hiring event at seven different locations to try to fill 350 available positions.

Those hiring events will take place at each of Mercy Health’s hospitals in the Tri-State, along with a few other locations.

Galveston is gearing up for its 111th annual Mardi Gras celebration, which will be held Feb. 18 through March 1, 2022. The event is expected to attract more than 350,000 attendees and will offer several different activities, from balcony bashes and live concerts to elegant balls and parades.

Albany Med nurses vote to accept first union contract News staff FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Exterior of Albany Medical Center, as seen in November. Nurses union members voted 97 percent in favor of a new contract. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of3Buy PhotoTonia Bazel, a Albany Med R.N., on the infectious disease unit, talks about her worries and frustrations about what she and other nurses say are poor staffing levels at the hospital. Nurses from Al...

Maine Medical Center nurses vote to form first-ever union Erin Keller © Provided by WCSH-TV Portland, ME The votes are in. Nurses at Maine Medical Center (MMC) have voted to unionize, according to Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses United. The RNs voted 1,001 to 750 in a mail ballot election counted by the National Labor Relations Board, to form their first-ever union.  “It’s a new day for nurses and patients across Maine,” said MSNA President Cokie Giles, R...