Category: Nursing

A group of nursing leaders is calling for a significant shift in the way nursing is measured in acute and critical care hospitals to better capture the full scope of nurses’ work and its effect on patient outcomes. 

The American Nurses Foundation has partnered with the United Health Foundation to launch the Nurse Well-Being: Building Peer and Leadership Support program, which is designed to transform organizational culture surrounding mental health. 

Nursing is in a “transformational era,” leaders told Becker’s.

Wilmington, Del.-based ChristianaCare is the only national winner of the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing’s 2024 National Certification Champion Award for health systems.

In late September, 133 nurses at Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital voted “no confidence” in Chief Nursing Officer Michelle Diaz, BSN, RN, and demanded her dismissal. 

A new Connecticut law provides home healthcare workers with greater protections when visiting patients, NBC Connecticut reported Sept. 30.

As healthcare searches for the ideal virtual nursing model, Advocate Health has been experimenting with several frameworks since January 2023, according to Jane Dus, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer of Advocate’s Midwest region. 

In a sudden move, the Visiting Nurse Association of Staten Island ended operations, laying off its nursing and selling its assets after over 100 years in service, SILive.com reported Sept. 27.

A third of healthcare workers reported symptoms of PTSD related to the pandemic, but nurse aides and other lower-paid healthcare workers said they have been unable to get help for their conditions, KFF Health News reported Sept. 25.

Nurse practitioners employed by New York state have sued the agency that oversees their salary structure, alleging they are being underpaid based on gender, the Times Union reported Sept. 23.