8 Although estimates vary widely, the cost of recruiting and training one new nurse for a medical-surgical floor is usually equal to 100 percent of a nurse’s annual salary—$42,000–$60,000 ...

Surgical nurses, who typically spend more time in the operating room than the surgeons, are leading the push to eliminate the hazardous plumes. Already 18 states, including neighboring Georgia ...

“It’s a slap in the face!” said Stacy Matsuyama, a nurse at the Medical Surgical unit for 17 years. “Management is giving the scab nurses one-to-two nurse-to-patient ratios while our usual ...