Shortly after rallying outside of the state Capitol to demand that legislators add health care staffing into the 2021-22 budget, nursing home workers from 12 different homes across the state have voted to strike next month.

American Nurses Credentialing Center notified LVHN that the health network’s Lehigh Valley-based hospitals and services achieved Magnet designation for the fifth consecutive time. ANCC Magnet Recognition Program distinguishes health care organizations that demonstrate excellence in nursing services. Magnet recognition is the highest national credential for nursing excellence.

Nurses experience clinical depression at twice the rate of the general public. We talked to area nurses to find out why and what can be done to help.

At Fellowship Community, Mary Kay McMahon oversees an organization that has 360 employees and about 500 residents.

Penn State Health St. Joseph has been given $425,000 to establish a nursing simulation lab and provide funding for nursing education at the St. Joseph’s downtown campus in Reading.

A look at how Lehigh Valley health care institutions are facing a projected nursing shortage.

Shari VanderGast, 53, is senior vice president of Diakon Senior Living and Diakon Child, Family and Community Ministries. She has been with the company for four years.