NPR: Hospitals don’t protect nurses from injuries
By Jeff Waggoner, TimesUnion.com Health and safety is a major concern for the public employee unions that represent hospital employees in the state, and the unions’ fight got more ammunition recently...
View ArticleState Auditor General: Law Protecting Patients, Health Care Workers Not Enforced
By Dave Bohman, WNEP TV PITTSTON — Under state law, health care workers in Pennsylvania cannot be forced to work overtime except in emergencies. But a statewide audit of the Pennsylvania Department of...
View ArticleThe U.S. Is Running Out of Nurses
By Rebecca Grant, The Atlantic Five years ago, my mother was rushed to the hospital for an aneurysm. For the next two weeks, my family and I sat huddled around her bed in the intensive-care unit,...
View ArticleUnsafe Staffing Is Nurses’ Top Concern
By Patty Eakin, PennLive When I became a nurse in 1976, I set out to become part of the most respected profession in our country. I wanted to be at the bedside, caring for sick patients and delivering...
View ArticleCity-Wide Effort Wins Strong Contracts at Four Hospitals
2016 began with a wave of organizing in which nearly 3,000 nurses and professionals voted to join PASNAP. The year ended just as strong, with contract wins for 4,500 nurses and professionals at...
View ArticleSurvey on Harassment and Violence Against Healthcare Workers
It’s Time to End Harassment and Violence Against Healthcare Workers. Take This Survey to Help Us Gather Information! We are fed up with the status quo! Nurses and other front line healthcare workers...
View ArticleThe Human Cost of For-Profit Healthcare
By Elaine Weale, RN, president of the Wyoming Valley Nurses Association (PASNAP), as published in The Citizens Voice My passion is caring for people. I have been a Registered Nurse for 40 years, the...
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