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Nurses and community members gathered for a picket on Thursday, June 25, which comes as negotiations between Michigan Medicine and the union have stalled.

A U of M study found that close to 30% of registered nurses and advanced practice nurses have student loan debt that could influence them to leave the profession.

Last fall, Henry Ford Health finalized a joint venture with Ascension Michigan. A local union president said now the new owners want to change nurse-to-patient ratios at Henry Ford Genesys in Grand Blanc.

The pandemic changed lives in ways that are still with us today. This first in a series of conversations focuses on health care and medical knowledge, making connections between past and present.

According to the survey, nearly a third of Michigan nurses say they plan to leave their current position, which is actually an improvement over a U of M survey in 2022.

Nurses have been telling lawmakers that hospital understaffing is putting patient lives at risk. They want Michigan to follow California and Oregon and institute mandatory staffing ratios.

The Michigan Nurses Association says mandating maximum nurse-to-patient ratios would make patients safer. But every single hospital and health system in the state is opposed, an industry spokesperson said.

Michigan could join a multi-state nurse licensing agreement. That’s under a recent bill introduced in the state Legislature.The legislation would add Michigan to the “nurse licensing compact.”

Hospitals are seeing ongoing staffing shortages. But they've also seen rising profits. We talk about how and how much hospitals profited during COVID–19.

An ER nurse in Traverse City talks about the unprecedented stress nurses and other hospital staff are facing right now. Plus, a nursing researcher weighs in on the solutions to healthcare staffing shortages.