Nurses at Health + Hospitals earn on average $19,000 less than their private sector counterparts. An unused clause on the books could change that.
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Posted inMental Health
Nurses Give Poor Prognosis to Adams Psych Plan, Citing Staff Shortages
With union bargaining heating up from Montefiore to Mount Sinai, clinicians say their pleas for more personnel are going dangerously unaddressed.
Posted inNursing, Seniors
Manhattan Nursing Home Staff and Food Cut Back as For-Profit Operator Moves In, Workers Say
As nursing and long-term care facilities struggle with staff and finances exacerbated by the pandemic, a longtime Manhattan nonprofit is moving to sell its 105-bed nursing home and rehabilitation center in the West Village. And the would-be buyer has already begun making changes affecting personnel and patient care, workers and a recent resident told THE […]
Posted inCUNY, Essential Workers, Health, Hospitals, Nursing, The Bronx, Work
College Nursing Programs Change Course to Meet Surging Demand During Pandemic
At a time of heightened demand for nurses, students are finding COVID restrictions have kept them from amassing the hospital training hours they need to get certified — prompting education officials to scramble for a cure. CUNY’s Lehman College in The Bronx is among schools that have worked with the state Education Department to reduce […]