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In this video screenshot, Tony Klein was deposed in November 2019 as part of civil litigation involving 10 women incarcerated at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, who accused him of sexual abuse. | VIDEO SCREENSHOT/PLAINTIFF DEPOSITION/MICHELLE BURROWS/OPB

Former Oregon Prison Nurse Indicted On 25 Counts Of Sexual Assault, Perjury

Tony Daniel Klein worked at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility until 2018, before he resigned and went to work at Legacy Health

Mar 15, 2022

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Rena Langlitz is a registered nurse in the emergency department of Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville.

Facing Aggressive Patients, Other Stress, Nurses At Willamette Valley Medical Center Push For Union Contract

Talks are stalled between administrators at the hospital in McMinnville and the Oregon Nurses Association members.

Sep 2, 2021
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Need a COVID-19 Nurse? That’ll Be $8,000 a Week

As cases surge, the demand for hospital beds increases and the supply of qualified nurses shrinks which means that traveling nurses employed by agencies are now about to command top dollar.

Nov 30, 2020

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Nurse David Baca checks the only free ER room in Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford.

Jackson County Grapples With Surge In COVID-19 Cases

A nurse at Rogue Regional Medical Center, the largest hospital in the county, says that for the first time a stream of people are staggering into the emergency room, short of breath.

Nov 18, 2020
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Nurses File Labor Complaint Against St. Charles Health System

On Wednesday, the Oregon Nurses Association filed an unfair labor practice charge against St. Charles Health System, headquartered in Bend, Ore., over the system's recently introduced policy of requiring employees to either get vaccinated against influenza or wear a mask through peak flu season, according to a report from KTVZ.

Dec 14, 2016

Oregon, PCC May Intervene to Help Nursing Students Marooned by ITT’s Closure

The Higher Education Coordinating Commission is looking for a way for about 275 nursing students to complete their educations after the sudden closure of ITT’s Breckinridge School of Nursing in Portland earlier this month, and Sen. Betsy Johnson has asked the Legislature for assistance.

Sep 23, 2016