Last week, Gov. Josh Shapiro announced he will propose a three-year tax incentive of up to $2,500 a year for newly certified teachers, nurses and police officers in his upcoming Budget Address.

Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center is partnering with Penn State’s Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing to enhance support for sexual assault survivors.

More than 2,000 union workers at Comprehensive Healthcare, Priority Healthcare and Shenandoah Heights Healthcare LLC-owned nursing homes, including some in central Pennsylvania, have approved a new contract.

Nurses who work with patients with traumatic injuries often are so overwhelmed by caring for them, they sometimes overlook family, especially children at the bedside who are trying to cope. 

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts hospital announced Wednesday that it is temporarily scaling back some services and reducing capacity in response to a strike by nurses that has now lasted nearly five months.

“Physically, psychologically, it was too much,” Grab said, adding that a lot of nurses left the field in the past year. “Unfortunately, there are not enough nurses in the pipeline to fill those spots.”

The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued an order that calls on hospitals to create to implement new safety measures by next week to make facilities safer for staff and patients.