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Pregnant and on heroin when a nurse changed her life, she worries others won’t get help
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Wait times for Pennsylvania nurses were among the longest in the U.S.
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Nurses at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital strike for better working conditions.
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On today’s episode of The Confluence: We learn about what Gov. Tom Wolf is prioritizing in his final budget in office; an obstetric anesthesiologist is leading a clinic to support pregnant people through trauma-informed care and ultimately help with health outcomes; and a look at how some health care professionals are turning to lucrative jobs in travel nursing to deal with the stress and burnout of their jobs throughout the pandemic.
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Stressed out nurses are ditching their jobs for lucrative travel gigs, while overburdened hospitals see record staffing shortages.
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UPMC launches its own in-house travel nursing corp as a way to deal with staffing shortages.
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Nurses at West Penn Hospital want management to provide more resources to deal with the effects of the coronavirus. On Tuesday, they asked West Penn to agree to a new union contract that would recruit new nurses and invest in existing staff.
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The state currently requires nursing homes to provide residents with 2.7 hours of direct care each day, despite a much higher federal recommendation.
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Nurses at West Penn Hospital say they are still dealing with the effects of the pandemic, including a decrease in nursing staff and an increase in patients. On Thursday they asked hospital leaders to agree to a new union contract that “respects and invests in nurses.”
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Union members called on House Health Committee Chair Kathy Rapp to consider their proposal.