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This act is an example of how powerful collaboration between health care leaders and Congress can be in the effort to adequately support the nation’s nurses and the patients they care for." #healthcare #nursestaffing #nursingworkforce

🚑 Nationwide Nurse Strikes: A Call for Better Working Conditions and Patient Care 🏥 Nurses across the United States are making their voices heard through strikes, advocating for improved working conditions, fair pay, and better patient care. Here's an update on some of the significant nurse strikes and their outcomes across the country. 📢 📣 Recent Strikes and Outcomes: 📍 New Jersey: A four-month nurse strike at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital ended with a new deal, establishing safe nurse-patient staffing ratios, raising wages by 8.5%, capping insurance costs, and planning for public health emergencies. 📍 California: Approximately 2,400 registered nurses and other healthcare workers with Southern California's HCA Healthcare system recently concluded a five-day strike, highlighting inadequate staffing and worker safety concerns. 📍 Illinois: Nurses with Ascension Saint Joseph in Joliet conducted a two-day strike to protest unfair labor practices and advocate for better working conditions. 📍 Washington State: About 1,300 nurses at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett conducted a five-day strike, with negotiations ongoing to address chronic understaffing. 📈 Impact and Demands: 🛑 Burnout and Staffing: Nurse burnout, staffing ratios, low pay, and paid leave are major bargaining points, reflecting the critical need for systemic changes in healthcare workplaces. 🤝 Negotiations and Agreements: Some strikes have led to significant agreements, including wage increases, improved staffing levels, and better working conditions, showcasing the power of collective action. 🌟 Takeaway: The wave of nurse strikes across the country underscores the urgent need to address the challenges faced by healthcare workers. As nurses stand up for their rights and the well-being of their patients, these actions highlight the importance of fair working conditions and the critical role nurses play in the healthcare system. 📌 Read more about the nurse strike updates here: https://lnkd.in/gvN_NPh7 Engage with Us: 💬 Share your thoughts on the recent nurse strikes and their implications for healthcare. 📢 Discuss strategies to support nurses and improve working conditions in healthcare settings. #NurseStrikes #HealthcareReform #PatientCare #NursingAdvocacy #HealthcareWorkers

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Wowie! It sure appears socialized single payer health scheme exemplars are fading into collapse, eh? It seems health care providers jump borders for better salary and benefits like Americans jump between states. Quite interesting article. It also appears automation or AI aren’t part of the patient care solutions. Would anybody like to post their thoughts? #healthcare #medicare #hospitals #physcians #nurses #careers

The more I connect with leadership contacts in the long term care space, the more I’m learning how prevalent the use of “gig” healthcare workers as 1099 is. What’s even more alarming is that it doesn’t seem to be a concern for some(yet), while other larger healthcare systems are starting to figure out the potential for increased risk of legal and liability woes. The “co-employer” risk that organizations need to be aware of, where said organization can be held liable for the actions of these “gig” workers they are managing, ranging from medical errors to failing to pay overtime wages. Wage and Hour Division is a great resource to nursing professionals if you believe you are not being treated properly. If you use a PRN app for work and are not receiving any overtime pay, or have a tax bill that you are having to deal with, you should submit a complaint. Below is a great article to learn more about this topic. #cnajobs #lpnjobs #rnjobs #longtermcare #independentcontractors #nursing #nursinghomes

Question for nurses: Do you feel your employer takes more from you than they give? Do you feel like the constant requests (or demands) to work overtime, pick up shifts, or take on a larger patient load has left you feeling unappreciated and burnout? Is the first thing you do when you get home from work scrolling through job postings? You’re not alone. This study reveals that when 18,000 nurses in the United States were surveyed regarding job satisfaction, 30% of them stated that they were leaving not just their jobs, but the profession altogether. Even more concerning, this is up 7% since the height of the pandemic. https://lnkd.in/dSvkyHz2 Do you think there is anything that can be done to reverse this trend of nurses wanting to leave nursing entirely?

Interesting read. I wonder how many nurses are making the listed mean hourly wage for their state?