Registered nurses at three South Florida hospitals have secured a new contract with better pay and changes that the union says is expected to improve patient safety and nurse retention rates.
Over 1,000 RNs across Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah, Coral Gables Hospital and Florida Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes “voted overwhelmingly in favor” of ratifying the new contracts this week, according to National Nurses United.
The vote comes about a week after a planned strike was halted at the hospitals following a tentative deal made with operator Healthcare Systems of America, or HSA. It’s a win for nurses who said they faced challenging working conditions at the hospitals long before HSA took over operations from cash-crunched Steward Health Care System in 2024…