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  1. Are Hospitals Conspiring to Fix Nurses’ Wages?

    Class action lawsuits allege anticompetitive activity.

    It seems counterintuitive that, in the midst of a nursing shortage, employers would lowball nurses’ wages. But recent antitrust litigation in U.S. courts alleges that some are doing just that. In May the U.S. Department


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  2. Needlestick: Adding Insult to Injury

    Nurses struggle to cope with the aftermath of injury.

    It began as just another day at the Bellevue Hospital Center ED for 36-year veteran Helen Ornstein, NP, RN, who worked perdiem in the 10-bed shock–trauma unit. But it turned out to be her last day there, a day that Ornstein says “put her life on hold” and ended her career in the ED. It also was the beginning of six years of litigation with the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation to receive compensation for injuries and losses related to a needlestick.


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  3. Between a Rock and a Court Case

    A teenager’s refusal of chemotherapy engenders court action and ethical question

    It’s hard to find anyone who doesn’t have an opinion about the Starchild Abraham Cherrix case, which was settled in August. The 16-year-old won his fight against the Accomack County, Virginia, Department of


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