regarding the number of acutely ill patients they are caring for, as well as the number of hours they are caring for these patients. Mandatory overtime and patient-staff ratios concern everyone who ...

Mandatory overtime for nurses in New York is now tightly restricted under a state measure that recently took effect. Health care employers are now prohibited from requiring nurses to work more than ...

Mandatory nurse staffing ratios are a temporary solution to a larger issue and will not bring about the respect the profession deserves, Kathleen Bartholomew, MN, RN, a national speaker and nurse ...

The bill was introduced again March 5 by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Reps. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., and Jen Kiggans, MSN, R-Va. Eighteen states have similar laws restricting mandatory overtime for ...

For the past year, police detective Tim Lillard has spent most of his waking hours unofficially investigating his wife's death. The question was never exactly how Ann Picha-Lillard died on November 19 ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)— New York State has strengthened a labor law that prohibits mandatory overtime for nurses. While nurses have always been vital for care, the pandemic further highlighted just how ...

Oct. 16—NORWICH — Registered nurses at Backus Hospital are seeking a court order preventing the hospital from requiring nurses to work overtime, a practice they say imperils patients. The nurses' ...