Gov. Kay Ivey announces federal funds to hire traveling nurses for hospitals

Coronavirus Alabama

Gov. Kay Ivey announces federal funds to hire traveling nurses for hospitals

Governor Kay Ivey on Friday announced the state would reallocate $12.3 million in federal COVID-19 aid to pay for additional travel nurses to aid in Alabama’s struggling hospitals, many of…

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Coronavirus Virgin Islands and the Caribbean

27 nurses exposed to COVID-19 placed in quarantine

27…

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Coronavirus North Carolina

Fighting for private duty nurses raise in N.C.

CHARLOTTE, N.C — A man who depends on private nurses 24 hours a day is asking legislators to include raises for them in this year’s budget. The North Carolina House…

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Coronavirus Illinois

Chicago nurses hold vigil for co-workers who lost lives due to COVID-19 pandemic

CHICAGO — Chicago area nurses gathered at UIC Monday night to honor co-workers who have lost their lives to the COVID-19 pandemic. It came as nurses are days away from…

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COVID-19 News

Crisis nurses redeployed to coronavirus front lines in Texas

Crisis nurse Catrina Rugar was in full protective gear, checking a ventilated patient at a new COVID-19 unit in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, when a doctor stopped to ask how…

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Coronavirus Illinois

Doctors, nurses call hospital service workers unsung heroes of coronavirus pandemic

CHICAGO — Doctors and nurses have been battling the virus for months, but said the unsung heroes are the people constantly disinfecting the hospital. Daisy Coronel is a building service…

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Coronavirus Mississippi

HCA Healthcare nurses protest working conditions – News – Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Nurses are protesting on Thursday and Friday outside Doctors Hospital in Sarasota and Blake Memorial Hospital in Manatee County. MANATEE COUNTY — A Manatee County nurse protesting staffing cuts and…

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Coronavirus Michigan

Nearly killed by COVID-19, Michigan doctors, nurses return humbled, smarter

One nurse compiled important documents and passwords in a shoe box, carefully placing it so her family would find it in her study if she died. An anesthesiologist instructed colleagues…

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Coronavirus Connecticut

The Day – L+M Healthcare recognizes 2020 Nightingale Nurses

New London — L+M Healthcare has announced the recipients of its 2020 Nightingale Nurse awards, which recognize registered nurses and licensed practical nurses who demonstrate excellence in clinical practice, leadership…

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Coronavirus Florida

Some American nurses are facing pay cuts. But around the world, many are getting huge raises.

In Ghana, health-care workers got a 50 percent raise on top of tax waivers during the pandemic, while Canada announced salary hikes, and France pledged bonuses for doctors and nurses…

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