Category: Workforce

The California Department of Public Health is giving healthcare workers an additional month to receive a COVID-19 booster.

The number of U.S. workers who quit their jobs dipped to 4.3 million in December, after a high in November, according to survey data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Feb. 1.

The governors of West Virginia and Virginia have joined together to urge the Biden administration to grant a limited waiver of its COVID-19 vaccination requirement at rural or state-run healthcare facilities.

Healthcare workers have left their roles or profession altogether in droves amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

More than 11 percent — or 672 of 6,068 — of hospitals reporting staffing levels in the U.S. are experiencing critical staffing shortages, according to HHS data posted Jan. 30.

Warner Thomas, president and CEO of New Orleans-based Ochsner Health, is calling for more workplace violence prevention efforts after a nurse was attacked Jan. 28 at one of the health system’s hospitals, according to a statement shared with Becker’s.

More than 12 percent — or 742 of 6,008 — of hospitals reporting staffing levels in the U.S. are experiencing critical staffing shortages, according to HHS data posted Jan. 27.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte and two Republican lawmakers for his state are urging the Biden administration to allow exemptions for rural hospitals to the federal COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers.

Healthcare workers in 25 states face their first deadline Jan. 27 to comply with the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate. 

As the omicron variant spreads in the U.S., some states are requiring COVID-19 booster shots for workers in healthcare facilities.