St. Vincent Hospital Tenet Healthcare nurses strike: What you need to know
Why are the nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester on strike? Nurses are mainly advocating for a 1-to-4 ratio of nurses to patients instead of the current staffing ratio of mostly 1-to-5 assignments. Tenet proposed a 1-to-4 ratio of nurses to COVID patients on the medical/surgical floor and a 1-to-2 ratio in the progressive care unit, as well as a 1-to-4 ratio of nurses to patients in two nursing units currently classified as cardiac telemetry, and another critical care float nurse to address additional patient loads, according to a release from the hospital. During the...
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