Category: Workforce

$30K sign-on bonus for night nurses among benefits at new Centura hospital in Colorado

Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health completed the acquisition of St. Elizabeth Hospital in May. That hospital, in the northeast part of the state, is now offering $30,000 sign-on bonuses for night nurses, among other financial benefits for staff, ac…

HCA invests more than $300K to boost access to healthcare careers

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is providing more than $300,000 in grants to connect high school students and unemployed job-seekers with healthcare career opportunities. 

Employee engagement sees sustained drops for 1st time in 10 years: Gallup

Fewer than one-third of U.S. employees are engaged at work, according to a new Gallup report. This marks the second consecutive year the measure has dropped, falling from 36 percent in 2020 to 32 percent in 2022. 

Long COVID-19 threatens US workforce: 4 notes

Long COVID-19 is keeping a significant number of Americans out of the workforce, according to a Jan. 24 report from the New York State Insurance Fund.

Memorial Sloan Kettering lays off 337 employees

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is laying off 337 employees to reduce costs amid widespread hospital financial challenges, according to a U.S. Department of Labor filing.

25% of critical healthcare staff willing to quit over workplace violence

Most healthcare workers in critical care settings experience on-the-job violence, with 25 percent saying they were willing to quit because of the issue, according to a global survey presented Jan. 21 at the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s 2023 Crit…

Fight heats up against New York's healthcare vaccine rule

A group of 10 New York lawmakers is targeting the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.

3 states slide nurse-staffing mandates on the table

Three states have recently proposed staffing ratios, which would limit the number of patients a nurse could be assigned at once. 

Massachusetts files legislation mandating nurse-to-patient ratios

Massachusetts lawmakers are filing legislation this week that would mandate nurse-to-patient ratios — following in the footsteps of Washington and Oregon with a statewide push toward safe staffing. 

Oregon hospitals, union at odds over proposed nurse staffing legislation

Oregon lawmakers will consider nurse staffing legislation this session that is opposed by hospitals but backed by the state’s largest nurses union, the Oregon Capital Chronicle reported Jan. 18.