Nursing

Nursing homes are designed to care for patients with physical infirmities. But nationwide, 1 in 5 residents has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia or psychosis — conditions few of the facilities are equipped to handle — putting staff and residents at risk.

The Missouri Hospital Association’s annual workforce report found that hospital employee vacancies are down in the state, but turnover is steady. Many medical imaging jobs suffer the highest vacancy rates.

Homer G. Phillips Nurses Alumni Inc. lost its appeal against the now-closed Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital for using its trademarked name. A St. Louis County judge ruled on Tuesday that the trial court did not make any errors in last summer’s judgment.

Members of the union representing veterans nursing assistants at the Quincy home want facilities to have the power to hire people themselves.

A federal rule will require long-term care facilities to have a minimum number of nursing staff on hand at all times to take care of residents.

Union nurses at SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital walked off the job at 7 a.m. Wednesday. They plan to picket through Friday morning. The 48-hour strike marks the second action the union has called in four months.

The Safe Patients Limit Act would cap the number of patients per registered nurse in Illinois.

An inspections backlog grew in Missouri during the COVID-19 pandemic, exacerbated more recently by staffing shortages and a spike in complaints that have tapped available resources

With a 40% staff vacancy rate, SLU Hospital has nurses caring for up to six patients per day, which they say poses a safety risk.

SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital nurses say that their departments are regularly understaffed and that hospital management has not done enough to address their concerns.