Critical staff shortages have plagued many New Jersey hospitals. Travel nurses have helped fill the gaps, and in some cases, have prevented facilities from being overwhelmed during the delta and omicron waves.
HPAE President Debbie White and Gov. Murphy join labor and political leaders at Norcross re-election launch.
Companies that buy health care businesses like nursing homes in New Jersey would have to maintain the salary and benefits package of the workforce for six months under a bill approved by a Senate committee Thursday.
Presenter: Carolyn Bazan, MS, LAC, CRC 1.5 Contact hours Course Information: Over the last year and a half, treating patients with COVID 19 has led nurses and healthcare workers to experience repeated emotional and psychological trauma, often resulting in depression,
HPAE returns to the bargaining table on Friday, February 4th and is hopeful that some progress will be made.
New Jersey hospital systems and health care unions say the vast majority of their employees are vaccinated due to largely pro-vaccine attitudes and a number of previous government and corporate mandates.
When I can get out and run my errands, I see people who aren’t taking precautions to protect themselves, and it’s frustrating because, inside the hospitals, health professionals are in crisis mode.
New Jersey’s only public acute-care hospital is among six around the country slated to receive a military medical team to help address a surge in COVID-19 patients and staff shortages.
Hospitals and long-term care facilities are so short staffed that many are compelling Covid-positive doctors and nurses to return to work, arguing that bringing back asymptomatic or even symptomatic staff is the only way they can keep ...
Donald Trump may have lost the election, but his laissez-faire worldview that believes commerce takes precedence over protecting workers’ health in the midst of a global pandemic has carried the day.