Nurses

Nearly one-third of the nursing positions at the St. Louis County Jail are vacant, according to the county’s Department of Public Health. Nurses and…

Two years ago, registered nurse Amanda Sommer decided she had had enough. She was working as a bedside nurse in a large St. Louis hospital, floating among…

Patricia Potter is noted in the field of nursing for her textbook “Fundamentals of Nursing,” which is used for new nursing students across the country, as…

Updated Sunday, Sept. 25, 5 p.m. with vote results — Nurses at Saint Louis University Hospital have approved a new three-year contract that addresses…

Updated 10 a.m. June 16Members of a nurse’s union at Saint Louis University Hospital voted against de-authorizing their union late Monday, a measure that…

For 12 years, Jan Polizzi was a nurse in pediatric intensive care units. That was as long as she could take it.''I still recall the first child that I…

Caring for people experiencing pain and suffering day in and day out can be trying for nurses and other healthcare professionals. Especially when they…

Registered nurses at Des Peres Hospital have successfully negotiated their first contract as members of a union.The Des Peres nurses joined the National…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 25, 2009 - With a faltering economy making tuition increasingly unaffordable, many college…