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Local nurses get critical trauma care training with lifelike ‘patients’
By: Gabriel Scotto
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A group of nurses stand huddled around a patient who was rushed to the emergency room after their tractor rolled over. The patient has multiple lacerations… Read More

Democratic Ohio lawmaker planning for bill to protect nurses from being attacked at work
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The COVID-19 pandemic brought an escalation of attacks against medical professionals, including nurses, at work. The American Nurses Association reports a quarter of nurses… Read More

Ohio’s hospitals are using ‘visiting nurses’ to alleviate the shortage during the pandemic
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Despite the fact that 2,300 Ohio National Guard has been sent into some Ohio hospitals, many of them are so shorthanded that they are… Read More

Holzer And O’Bleness Respond To Understaffing And High COVID Numbers With Familiar Pandemic Protocols
By: Kaitlin Thorne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — COVID-19 numbers continue to rise in Southeast Ohio, causing local health care systems to be stretched thin and re-institute early 2020 pandemic protocols. Holzer Health Systems… Read More

Nurses at Cabell Huntington Hospital Vote to Unionize
By: Associated Press
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) – Officials say registered nurses at Cabell Huntington Hospital have voted to unionize. Service Employees International Union spokeswoman Sherri McKinney told The Herald-Dispatch that voting ended Wednesday… Read More