Nursing students at Lane Community College in Eugene use simulation models during the pandemic instead of in-personal clinical visits. According to a new report, educational institutions are failing to produce enough new registered nurses.
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COURTESY OF LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Staff shortages and hospitals’ lack of compliance with staffing plans are leading to high nurse burnout rates and intolerable working conditions, the Oregon Nurses Association says.
Dec 5, 2022
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Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay.
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COURTESY OF BAY AREA HOSPITAL
A health care lawyer who works with hospitals says the timing is good for Oregon to join the multistate Nurse Licensure Compact to ease shortages.
Nov 3, 2022
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MATT CALZIA, EMILY HENKE, TRAVIS NELSON AND LAURA MCKEANE (SHOWN LEFT TO RIGHT) SPOKE ABOUT WORKFORCE RETENTION AT THE OCT. 24 OREGON STATE OF REFORM HEALTH POLICY CONFERENCE./AURORA BIGGERS
Two union-represented groups of workers push to oust publicly-elected board members accused of mismanaging the nonprofit hospital.
Oct 25, 2022
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“If I could go back 30 years, I wouldn’t become a doctor,” says Dr. Andrew Bush, whose practice, Central Carolina Orthopaedic Associates, operates in Sanford, North Carolina. “Looking back at life, this was the wrong choice.”/Eamon Queeney for KHN
Over the past two years, nearly all of the Washington hospital’s roughly 90 patient access representatives have quit, according to the union.
Oct 11, 2022
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LAURIE YOUNKIN, A CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT AT PEACEHEALTH’S SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER RIVERBEND IN SPRINGFIELD, PARTICIPATED IN AN INFORMATIONAL WORK SITE PICKET ON OCT. 4, 2022. THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION REPRESENTS HEALTH CARE WORKERS AT THREE HOSPITALS INVOLVED IN TALKS./COURTESY OF SEIU LOCAL 49.