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Texas may prohibit forced nurse overtime
Texas may soon become the second state in the U.S. to ban mandatory overtime for nurses, following a similar law enacted in Pennsylvania on July 1. States have varied degrees of overtime... Read more...
Nurse shortage expected to extend over next seven years
Not only do we have a massive nursing shortage, but apparently it is expected to continue getting worse for the next seven years. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that about 233,000... Read more...
PA bill would end required overtime by health workers
A new bill working its way through the Pennsylvania legislature would ban the state's hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and long-term-care providers from demanding nurses and other clinical... Read more...
