Nursing - News December 23, 2011

A wedding in a cancer ward (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
Heartwarming moments happen in hospitals year-round. When they occur near the holidays, they take on extra sparkle.

Talks resume in nursing home lockout (Connecticut Post)
The New Jersey company that manages the West River Health Care Center told locked-out employees Thursday night it would agree to binding arbitration, if employees would give up their pensions as a precondition.

NJ nurses can skip aiding hospital abortions (Polk County Democrat)
Twelve nurses who sued one of the state's largest hospitals after claiming they were forced to assist in abortions over their religious and moral objections reached a deal Thursday with their employer in federal court.

Calif. nurses strike over benefits, staffing (Digital Producer)
' Nurses in California went on strike Thursday ' some for the second time in three months ' in the latest dispute between nurses and hospital management over health care costs, staffing levels and sick leave.

Deal: NJ nurses can skip aiding hospital abortions (Boston)
A federal judge says a major New Jersey hospital and 12 nurses who claimed they were forced to assist in abortions over their religious and moral objections have reached a deal.

UPDATED: Long Beach Nurses Strike (Patch)
Some 2,000 registered nurses at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and the affiliated Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach went on strike for 24 hours beginning this morning, but the targeted hospital system said it had hired replacements and would keep the strikers locked out until next week.

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