Nursing unions are campaigning strenuously in Washington, DC and state capitals for legislation mandating nurse-patient ratios in hospitals. They are right to highlight the connection between those ...

The new year is off to a start with two potential nurse strikes as negotiations drag on at both The Queen’s Health System on Oahu and Wilcox Medical Center on Kauai. The Hawaii Nurses’ Association ...

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL @STARADVERTISER.COM Unionized nurses from two state health care systems held joint informational pickets in front of three Oahu hospitals on Tuesday morning calling for ...

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new academic study says mandating nurse-to-patient ratios would save lives, improve overall outcomes for patients, and alleviate the staffing crisis in Ontario’s ...

Massachusetts’ ballot initiative to mandate nurse staffing ratios could hinder care quality and patient safety efforts, according to an op-ed written by three emergency medicine physicians and ...

Two sides are warring over the passage of a bill mandating nurse-to-patient ratios and increasing transparency in work protections. Senate Bill 182, sponsored by Sen. Rochelle Nguyen, D-Las Vegas, ...

Employing too few permanent nurses on hospital wards is linked to longer inpatient stays, readmissions, patient deaths, and ultimately costs more in lives and money, finds a long term study published ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Nurses and advocates rallied at the state Capitol Thursday for the need to improve patient care and strengthen Hawaii’s health care system. Representatives from Hawaii’s ...

Anchorage nurses say a new staffing model recently launched at Providence hospital will put patients in danger. Last week, Providence Alaska Medical Center announced it had implemented what it calls a ...

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