May 29, 2015 Jean Pierce, HPAE Public Policy Staff, was honored at the New Jersey Citizen Action’s (NJCA’s) 33th Annual Awards Dinner held at the Forsgate Country Club yesterday. Jean received the Evanoff Shuchter award for her advocacy and organizing
From the New York Times, May 28, 2015 SEVERAL emergency-room nurses were crying in frustration after their shift ended at a large metropolitan hospital when Molly, who was new to the hospital, walked in. The nurses were scared because their
From NJTV News, May 27, 2015 HPAE was featured on an NJTV news segment regarding workplace violence. HPAE member Sandra Giancarlo spoke about her own personal experience with being assaulted by a patient. HPAE Vice President Bernie Gerard discussed the
From the New York Times, May 19, 2015 LOS ANGELES — The nation’s second-largest city voted Tuesday to increase its minimum wage from $9 an hour to $15 an hour by 2020, in what is perhaps the most significant victory
For immediate release: May 19, 2015 For more information contact: Jeanne Otersen (732)996-5493 Englewood, NJ – Registered Nurses approved a new three-year contract with Englewood Hospital and Medical Center (EHMC) on Tuesday, May 19. The 650 RNs represented by the
From Philly.com, May 17, 2015 NURSE Pat Crowley has worked at Temple University Hospital long enough to expect certain emotional reactions from patients in the emergency room of the Level One trauma center. Grimaces, wails of pain, frantic yelling from
May 18, 2015 At a membership meeting held at the Crown Plaza in Cherry Hill, NJ yesterday, Local 5103 members voted by a strong majority to extend our contract from May 22 to August 31. The contract extension allows Local
From the Asbury Park Press, May 14, 2015 The Hackensack University Health Network and Meridian Health systems signed a final agreement this week to create New Jersey’s largest health care system. But it isn’t a done deal. The merger requires
From Fierce Health Care, May 15, 2015 Just weeks after it issued a report that indicated hospitals have made little to no progress on patient safety outcomes, the Leapfrog Group released another report that found many hospitals also fail to
For Release, May 14, 2015 TRENTON – Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee Chair Joseph F. Vitale and Assembly Democrats Craig Coughlin, Gary S. Schaer and Troy Singleton on Thursday introduced comprehensive consumer protection legislation intended to eliminate