Cape Cod Hospital

The union contract resolves a difficult negotiation. Hospital nurses voted by mail-in balloting in July to authorize a three-day strike if they could not reach an agreement with their employer. Now, visiting nurses have taken a similar vote.

Union nurses at Cape Cod Healthcare are prepared to go on strike if necessary, though they are hoping to instead reach a fair deal with their employer.

The American College of Surgeons verified the hospital as a Level III Trauma Center with neurotrauma.

Dr. Richard Zelman sued in December, saying he was defamed and fired after he raised concerns about ethics and safety in cardiac care.

A cardiologist who holds medical privileges at Cape Cod Hospital is suing the hospital, saying he was defamed and fired from his full-time position after raising concerns about ethics and safety in cardiac care.

Registered nurses picketed outside Cape Cod Hospital on Wednesday, saying they need more nurses on each shift. Cape Cod Healthcare and the labor union that represents registered nurses, the Massachusetts Nurses Association, have been renegotiating their contract since last fall.

A nurse at Cape Cod Hospital says hospital employees are being asked to reuse N95 masks.Shannon Sherman, a registered nurse in a recovery unit, says the…