Category: Workforce

The push for nurse staffing ratios nationwide: 5 updates

Mandated nurse-to-patient ratios span the West Coast as more states have signed related legislation. Meanwhile, other states continue to consider the issue.

Gen Z at work: 4 things to know

More Gen Zers are entering the workforce, and they’re satisfied, but not settling, according to a recent survey from Adobe. 

South Carolina hospital offers new employees free housing

New employees of Hilton Head (S.C.) Hospital will have one less concern when they move to the island: Housing is included, at least temporarily. 

A hot summer for healthcare jobs

Healthcare quietly experienced its most robust job growth this summer since the pandemic recovery, according to a new analysis from Altarum. 

Viewpoint: The 'last straw' for healthcare workers

Increasing workplace violence has left many healthcare workers feeling unsafe on the job and, in some cases, is motivating them to consider a career change, Harry Severance, MD, wrote in a Sept. 26 op-ed for Medpage Today. 

The healthcare workers with the highest suicide risk: Study

Relative to the general U.S. population, registered nurses, healthcare support workers and health technicians are more likely to die by suicide, according to a new study.

Providence sees record year for hiring

Providence, a 51-hospital health system based in Renton, Wash., has had a record year for hiring.

20 cities with the best job markets

A good job market allows workers to make a comfortable living, feel confident in their job security, and enjoy a work-life balance and benefits like health insurance, according to SmartAsset. Based on these criteria, not all markets are created equally…

The $355M cost of attrition, disengagement: McKinsey

Employee disengagement and attrition is a multimillion-dollar problem for high-performing companies, according to a Sept. 11 report from McKinsey & Co. 

HCA Houston to add child care for hospital workers

HCA Houston Healthcare, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, is building a $7 million child care learning center for employees at its Clear Lake hospital in Webster, Texas.