Original reporting on the things that move a nurse’s pay, licence and workload — written and analysed by Jayson Minagawa, BSN, RN.
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GWU Hospital nurses filed to vote out DCNA in April. The union used a blocking charge to halt the election. Nurses ask NLRB to override it under Section 9 of the NLRA.
Read article →MNA nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital vote June 16 on strike authorization. MGB offered 0% wages for most nurses while paying top execs $35.9M in FY2024.
Read article →Baystate acquires Mercy Medical Center from Trinity Health for $293M, closing November 2026. MNA represents Mercy nurses; Baystate Franklin RNs already authorized a strike in April.
Read article →870 St. Mary's Hospital nurses in Madison, WI vote June 11 on joining SEIU Wisconsin. Nurses allege suspension threats for union pins and HR compared union badges to KKK symbols.
Read article →Noah Wyle joins FIGS and 500+ healthcare workers on Capitol Hill pushing the Lorna Breen Act reauthorization, Healthcare is Human Act, and Speak FREE Act. Here's what the bills would actually do.
Read article →As of June 1, 2026, California acute psychiatric hospitals must comply with mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios — filling the psych-unit gap that existed since the 2004 general hospital ratio law.
Read article →A coalition of 10+ nursing organizations filed a federal lawsuit May 29 challenging the Trump administration's RISE rule, which caps advanced nursing student loans at $20,500/yr vs. $50,000 for law and medicine.
Read article →Effective January 2026, The Joint Commission's new National Performance Goal 12 ties nurse staffing adequacy directly to hospital accreditation. Hospitals must document, analyze, and lead staffing as a patient safety function.
Read article →CMS doubles its nursing home staffing campaign budget to $200M. Financial Incentive Administrators will be announced June 15, with RNs and LPNs eligible for up to $40K in loan repayment and a $10K stipend.
Read article →California's Sutter Health has agreed to acquire Allina Health in a $26B deal. The MNA says union contracts, pensions, and patient care protections need guarantees before it closes.
Read article →Bailie Anne Preston was fired from four hospitals for alleged drug theft and patient neglect — her Iowa license stayed active. Now she faces criminal charges and a June 30 BON hearing.
Read article →MNA-represented nurses at Hazelden Betty Ford in Center City, MN picketed June 2 over stalled first-contract talks — more than a year after voting to unionize. Staffing, retention benefits, and patient safety are the core issues.
Read article →Becker's 2026 annual nursing workforce data: 17.6% RN turnover, $60,090 per departing nurse, $5.2M/yr average hospital loss. Why it's getting worse and what's driving it.
Read article →Nurse.org's 2026 State of Nursing Survey: 27% physically assaulted, 54% didn't report, most who did got no action. ER nurses 69% feel unsafe. The numbers behind the crisis.
Read article →Eli Lilly told CMS it will cut 340B drug discounts for hospitals that don't disclose pharmacy claims data. Safety-net hospitals and children's hospitals face the biggest exposure.
Read article →A federal jury convicted Heather Marks, a Murfreesboro nurse practitioner, of conspiracy and eight counts of illegal drug distribution for running a cash-only pill mill clinic in Carthage, TN from 2016 to 2018. Sentencing is September 1, 2026.
Read article →More than 400 nurses at HCA Healthcare's Fort Walton Beach Medical Center picketed June 2, 2026 over staffing ratios they say are dangerous. One ED nurse reports handling 19 patients alone in a single shift. The hospital says staffing is safe and compliant.
Read article →At Erlanger Baroness Hospital in Chattanooga, an AI drug-diversion system in its learning phase failed to flag a CRNA diverting surgical fentanyl for four months. Coworkers finally reported him after observing visible signs of impairment on the floor.
Read article →S. 3707 creates federal grants for nursing schools to supplement faculty salaries and close the clinical pay gap that drives nursing school applicant rejections.
Read article →The RISE Final Rule limits NP and CRNA program federal loans to $20,500/yr and $100K lifetime starting July 1. Medicine gets $200K. 24 states sued. Here's what's changing.
Read article →Nurse.org's 2026 survey of 2,194 nurses finds burnout near 87%, job satisfaction down 8 points, and nurses planning to quit nursing entirely jumped from 15% to 23% in one year.
Read article →Oregon's nurse staffing ratio law tightened surgical floors from 1:5 to 1:4 nurses per patient on June 1, 2026 — the final phase of House Bill 2697, the first state ratio law passed through legislation.
Read article →Over 750 Henry Ford Genesys nurses have been on strike since September 2025 over staffing ratios and return-to-work guarantees. The NLRB dismissed the union's key unfair labor practice charge in April 2026.
Read article →CMS expanded its nursing home staffing campaign to $200M — selecting financial incentive administrators this summer. RNs committing 3 years to qualifying LTC facilities can receive up to $40,000.
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