Two weeks into her emergency department orientation at a Seattle hospital, Kelsey, a 21-year-old nurse, was already starting to worry she might not leave work alive that day. Her patient, bound in six ...

A southeast Iowa hospital where a long-term care resident died after being put to bed while struggling to breathe is now ...

A leading nurse organization applauded the Joint Commission's latest hospital performance goals, which elevated the issue of nurse staffing and linked it to patient safety. In a press release, the ...

Following hundreds of claims of safety lapses, a joint investigation by state and federal regulators, and a plan of correction, patient safety concerns have persisted at Saint Vincent Hospital in ...

It's overwhelming enough helping your mom get discharged from the hospital after a fall. But what if her doctor doesn't think it's safe for her to return home? As you scramble to find somewhere ...

The strike at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital, which began Sept. 1, centers on disputes over nurse-to-patient ratios, wages, and health insurance costs. Striking nurses claim there are unsafe staffing ...

"No one wins in a strike. We want to safely serve our patients and that's why we're doing this," said Dina Carlisle, president of OPEIU Local 40. Carlisle, who has been a nurse for 29 years, ...

Nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore are planning to strike over concerns about patient care, staffing and high turnover, according to National Nurses Organizing Committee/National ...