Nurse staffing

Nurses rallied outside Erie County Medical Center Wednesday demanding a new contract that addresses nurse recruitment and retention problems.

Enrollment in undergraduate and graduate nursing programs went up last year. But the problem is there's a lack of instructors to help prepare them. State and federal governments are releasing money to schools, in anticipation of a significant shortage within New York State by the end of this decade.

Nurses, leaders of the unions representing them, and elected officials gathered in Niagara Square late Thursday morning to rally in support of the Safe…

A bill sitting in a New York State Assembly committee calls for limits to the number of patients a hospital nurse should assist on a shift. A newly-formed…

Members of the Council's Legislation Committee were told Tuesday of the problems of thinly-staffed hospitals and what it means for patients. The session…