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NewsHospitals, nurses grapple with overtime
State-mandated caps on nursing overtime hours improve patient safety and care quality, concluded a new study, reported Renal Business Today. The regulations prevented fatigue from long shifts and the Read more...
PA bans mandatory nurse overtime
Until recently, nurses in Pennsylvania could be required to work "mandatory overtime," a practice that added additional hours to long shifts and--nurses argued--endangered patient care by forcing Read more...
Nurses lobby for single-payer system, new workplace regs
A group of the country's biggest nursing unions have convened in Washington to lobby for a single-payer health system and fight for federal workplace regulations. The move represents not only Read more...
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