A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has recovered $97,209 in back wages for 41 emergency services workers at Sanford, N.C.-based LifePoint-Central Carolina Hospital, according to a July 19 press release.
Category: Workforce
Child care stress linked to higher likelihood of burnout: 5 study findings
During the COVID-19 pandemic, child care stress was prevalent among healthcare workers and associated with burnout, anxiety and depression, and intent to reduce hours or intent to leave the job, according to research published July 18.
13 best healthcare companies for millennials
No health systems appeared on Great Place to Work’s list of best companies for millennials. However, 13 other healthcare organizations did make the list.
Colorado healthcare worker vaccination mandate ends
On July 14, Colorado officials allowed the state’s mandate that healthcare workers receive the COVID-19 vaccine to expire, according to NBC affiliate KUSA.
Nurses blame SLU Hospital management for staffing woes
Several nurses at St. Louis University Hospital protested June 3 to raise awareness about working conditions at the hospital, St. Louis on the Air reported on July 14. Nurses said their departments are regularly understaffed and that hospital mana…
UPMC employees call for leaders to take firm stance on abortion
A group of employees at Pittsburgh-based UPMC have issued a plea to the health system to do more to help protect abortion access in Pennsylvania, public radio station WESA reported July 15.
Nursing shortage gets worse as COVID-19 subvariant spreads
As hospitals grapple with a rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations driven largely by the BA.5 omicron subvariant, they also continue to struggle with a worsening chronic nursing shortage, The New York Times reported July 15.
How 3 health systems have amped up their workplace violence prevention initiatives
As calls to address workplace violence grew louder, hospitals and health systems ramped up initiatives to prevent the growing issue. They have set up training initiatives, updated programs and procedures to prevent violent incidents and increased the l…
Louisiana hospital to employees: Gas is on us
With an office in the operating room area, Dawn Cazedessus performs her duties as CEO of Sterling Surgical Hospital in Slidell, La., in close proximity to her employees.
After stabbing, nurses say SSM ignored pleas for security: ‘This was 100% preventable’
Current and former nurses at Bridgeton, Mo.-based SSM Health DePaul Hospital claim leaders repeatedly ignored pleas to ramp up security at the facility, where two employees were stabbed July 11, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
