Nursing

Nurses at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital have called off plans to strike after reaching a contract agreement March 5.

Unions representing nurses say the findings from the latest AMN Healthcare survey are not a surprise. The nurses unions have long warned about problems facing the profession.

A recent survey by the National Nurses United found that over half of hospital nurses said that hospitals used excessive overtime to staff units. Union nurses are peaking out about the necessity of safe nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals nationwide.

"Nurse Unseen" by filmmaker Michele Josue won a Cleveland International Film Festival Award this year. Josue also won in 2014.

A 2019 nursing school graduate entered the workforce just as the world was hit with the COVID-19 pandemic.

But the Ohio Hospital Association says those services come with a steep cost.

A new bill at the Statehouse would put limits on the number of patients one registered nurse can care for.State Sen. Michael Skindell, a Lakewood…