From In These Times, February 9, 2015 Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner launched the first of his promised attacks on the state’s labor unions on Monday with an executive order intended to end the legal requirement for Illinois state workers who
Taken from NJ Spotlight, February 10, 2015 Unions say it would improve patient safety, but hospital managers say they must have flexibility to assign staff to according to circumstances. Whether New Jersey hospitals should be required to have more nurses
Contract negotiations with Rutgers' administration have been underway for nearly six months. We are still far apart on wages and the administration continues to reject proposals to provide us the same tuition remission and parking benefits as our Rutgers Legacy
From NJBIZ, February 9, 2015 A bill that mandates new, more extensive nurse staffing levels at hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other health care facilities was supported by nurses and opposed by hospitals at a legislative hearing Monday afternoon in
From NJ Spotlight, February 6, 2015 The state Senate health committee has scheduled a hearing Monday afternoon in Trenton on a bill to create minimum nurse staffing level in hospitals, ambulatory surgery facilities, developmental centers and psychiatric hospitals. The bill,
From National Public Radio (NPR), February 4, 2015 When Tove Schuster raced to help a fellow nurse lift a patient at Crozer-Chester Medical Center near Philadelphia in March 2010, she didn’t realize she was about to become a troubling statistic.
February 4, 2015 Next Monday, February 9, the New Jersey Senate Health committee will be hearing testimony on S-1183, a bill which establishes minimum nurse staffing standards for hospitals, ambulatory surgery facilities and certain facilities of the NJ Dept. of
From NJ Spotlight, February 3, 2015 When Gov. Chris Christie spoke out about when children should receive vaccines, he wasn’t speaking for the consensus of medical opinion on the issue. [Watch a Video of HPAE President Ann Twomey Emphasizing the
From the Record, January 31, 2015 For newly sworn-in Bergen County Executive James Tedesco, health care is a deeply personal issue. He talks about the profound impact nurses had on the care his late wife Renee received after a double
From NJ Advance Media for NJ.com , January 31, 2015 Barnabas Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Health System are exploring a partnership, the CEOs of both organizations confirmed to NJ Advance Media. If the two major health systems were