They put on pink hard hats and climb aboard to vaccinate merchant sailors from all over the world.
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Backus nurses’ union reaches deal with hospital over new contract
Increased pay, more protective equipment included in deal.
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Amid uptick in COVID cases, Backus Hospital nurses go on strike
The strike comes as Norwich and the nearby city of New London are seeing an uptick in coronavirus cases.
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Courtney scores win with House approval of workplace safety bill
Under Courtney’s bill, the Labor Department would have to issue a rule requiring health care and social service employers to implement workplace violence prevention plans and to report all incidences of workplace violence.
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Courtney bill to protect health workers from violence set for House vote
Under Rep. Joe Courtney’s bill, the Labor Department would have to issue a rule requiring health care and social service employers to implement workplace violence prevention plans.
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Senate approves bill requiring nursing homes to disclose staffing levels
The state Senate has advanced a bill to require nursing homes to disclose every day the number of direct-care staff members assigned to patients.
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Can Connecticut afford to lose more homecare mental health nurses?
A dear friend of mine who grew up in a severely dysfunctional home once said to me, “You never know what goes on in someone’s home.” I think of that often because, as visiting nurses, we do know what goes on. We bear witness to it, into that intimate bubble of a patient’s home and that of their family, a place where we can interject hope, recovery and a better life. Can society afford to lose such a valuable resource?
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Op-Ed: Connecticut and the nation need more Hispanic nurses
There is a serious lack of diversity in the health care professions, and more Hispanic nurses would make a significant difference in healthcare quality and costs throughout the nation, including in Connecticut.
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Op-Ed: Connecticut and the nation need more Hispanic nurses
There is a serious lack of diversity in the health care professions, and more Hispanic nurses would make a significant difference in healthcare quality and costs throughout the nation, including in Connecticut.
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Op-Ed: March Sunday because healthy communities need climate action
As nurses, we care for our communities. We are there for the boy with the broken arm, the lady from the bank with heart problems, or the retiree with the flu. We are there when our friends and neighbors are hurting, and we do our best to get them better. We are there to help […]
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Op-Ed: March Sunday because healthy communities need climate action
As nurses, we care for our communities. We are there for the boy with the broken arm, the lady from the bank with heart problems, or the retiree with the flu. We are there when our friends and neighbors are hurting, and we do our best to get them better. We are there to help […]
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Malloy: Let nurse practitioners in CT work independent of doctors
The Malloy administration wants to let nurse practitioners work independently of doctors, a potentially significant, and controversial, shift in the health care landscape aimed at expanding access to care.