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Nearly 1,800 Portland Nurses Walk Off the Job in Historic Strike

Scrubs

Another week in healthcare usually means someone somewhere is going on strike. This time it’s nearly 1,800 nurses at Providence Portland Medical Center, Providence Seaside Hospital, and Providence Home Health and Hospice in Oregon, the first nursesstrike in the state in 22 years.

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How to Fix the Nursing Shortage and Address Burnout: Veteran Nurse Leader Has the Answers

Daily Nurse

I’ve worked as a staff nurse, nurse educator, manager, and director of different critical care in hospitals, and then I went on and became a nurse practitioner. As a critical care NP, I work weekends for Penn Medicine Chester County Hospita l and teach undergraduate nursing. And they are now aware of that.