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The COVID-19 pandemic has created a nurse staffing crisis that is forcing many U.S. hospitals to pay top dollar to get the help they need to handle the crush of patients this summer

After a yea rlike no other, hundreds of nurses who work at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, rallied Sunday, saying they deserve better. They say dangerous conditions are putting patients at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, held a pre-strike community rally Sunday afternoon across the street from the hospital to demand an increase in staffing levels.

Hundreds of nurses who work at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, rallied Sunday, one day before their planned strike Monday to protest what they say are dangerous conditions. The nurses say the conditions are putting patients at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the problems, they says, are dangerously high patient-to-nurse rations, not enough support staff and high turnover….

Nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester are holding a rally ahead of a strike to demand to increasing staffing levels to better protect their patients during the pandemic

Nurses at a Massachusetts hospital have given notice that they plan to strike early next month unless management agrees to boost staffing to better protect patients during the coronavirus pandemic and after it ends, according to the nurses’ union. About 800 nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester plan to start the strike at 6 a.m. on March 8, according…

As the coronavirus vaccine rollout continues, a lot of moms-to-be and new moms are facing a tough question: is it safe to get the vaccine while your baby is nursing?

For some new and expecting mothers, weighing the relief of a coronavirus vaccine in the midst of a pandemic with the desire to nurse their babies is among their top concerns.

Melissa Gong was completing her final semester of the nursing program at Cabrillo Community College when COVID-19 brought her studies to a halt. The facility where she was doing clinical training closed its doors to protect patients from potential exposure.

A November ballot question that would mandate strict nurse-to-patient ratios in Massachusetts hospitals would conservatively add between $676 million and $949 million in annual health care costs, according to an analysis released Wednesday by an independent state agency that was immediately disputed by a union representing nurses.

Two nurses lost their licenses after an NBC television station in Georgia persuaded courts to unseal a video secretly recorded by the family of a man who died in their care. The video shows the World War II veteran repeatedly calling for help, saying he can’t breathe. It also shows the nurses failing to take life-saving measures and laughing as...

Tufts Medical Center nurses ended their strike Thursday at 6:59 a.m. despite not coming to an agreement with hospital management.

The 1-day nursing strike at Boston’s Tufts Medical Center ended Thursday morning with no new progress in talks between the Massachusetts Nurses Association and hospital management.

The strike by Boston’s Tuft’s Medical Center nurses is set to end on Thursday at 6:59 a.m. although the union and hospital management have not been able to come to an agreement about wages, better pensions, and more staffing.

New Jersey officials say a nurse caught on videotape stabbing a boy with autism with a hypodermic needle to control his behavior has agreed to surrender her license during the investigation.