/tags/nurse-staffing nurse staffing en-US Copyright Wed, 05 Feb 2025 07:51:54 GMT /local-news/2025-02-05/nurses-advocate-bill-staffing-ratios-hospitals Nurses were in force at the Roundhouse on Monday to support a bill in front of the House Health and Human Services Committee that would help create minimum staffing ratios in New Mexico hospitals. Wed, 05 Feb 2025 07:51:54 GMT /local-news/2025-02-05/nurses-advocate-bill-staffing-ratios-hospitals Jeanette DeDios /local-news/2022-01-12/travel-nurses-fill-staffing-gaps-in-new-mexico New Mexico was already facing a healthcare staffing shortage before the COVID-19 pandemic and now it has only gotten worse. One way the state is trying to fill gaps is by using more traveling nurses. But that’s an expensive solution. Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:39:49 GMT /local-news/2022-01-12/travel-nurses-fill-staffing-gaps-in-new-mexico Jered Ebenreck /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2022-01-10/lets-talk-hospital-staffing-shortages This week on Let's Talk New Mexico we're talking hospital staffing shortages as the omicron variant pushes COVID-19 case numbers to record levels. Tue, 11 Jan 2022 00:49:31 GMT /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2022-01-10/lets-talk-hospital-staffing-shortages Megan Kamerick /2022-01-04/like-a-rolling-blackout-nurse-burnout-increasw-during-covid19 Almost half of nurses in the United States may leave their jobs in the next six months due to burnout made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s according to a survey by the American Nurses Foundation. Wed, 05 Jan 2022 02:29:32 GMT /2022-01-04/like-a-rolling-blackout-nurse-burnout-increasw-during-covid19 Jered Ebenreck /public-health-new-mexico/2015-10-29/nurses-cry-foul-on-unm-hospital-policies Some of the nurses at the University of New Mexico Hospital say they are understaffed, overworked and overlooked by the hospital’s management.At a press… Thu, 29 Oct 2015 21:15:21 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2015-10-29/nurses-cry-foul-on-unm-hospital-policies Ed Williams /public-health-new-mexico/2015-08-27/can-community-colleges-fix-nurse-shortage New Mexico has a nursing problem. In recent years some hospitals have had to close beds because there weren’t enough nurses to staff them. And as more… Thu, 27 Aug 2015 12:54:53 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2015-08-27/can-community-colleges-fix-nurse-shortage Ed Williams /public-health-new-mexico/2015-04-24/union-wants-city-backup-on-santa-fe-hospital-conditions The health care employees union used a Santa Fe hospital’s low patient rating as grounds to call for help from city officials on Friday morning. Christus… Sat, 25 Apr 2015 00:43:28 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2015-04-24/union-wants-city-backup-on-santa-fe-hospital-conditions Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2015-04-10/nurse-union-education-bills-a-good-first-step This week Governor Susana Martinez signed a pair of bills aimed at addressing New Mexico’s nurse shortage by making more financial aid available for… Fri, 10 Apr 2015 23:12:23 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2015-04-10/nurse-union-education-bills-a-good-first-step Ed Williams /public-health-new-mexico/2014-07-21/santa-fe-hospital-workers-prepared-to-strike Nurses and medical technicians at Santa Fe’s only general hospital are contemplating a strike after contract negotiations with hospital administrators… Mon, 21 Jul 2014 23:59:50 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2014-07-21/santa-fe-hospital-workers-prepared-to-strike Ed Williams