Category: Nursing

The complexity behind travel nurses’ exponential rates

Hospitals and health systems relying on travel workers to fill workforce gaps is nothing new, but the pandemic has spotlighted travel pay by spurring an environment in which these organizations must compete for nurses with agencies that offer lucrative…

7 ways to immediately reduce nurse strain

Hospitals and health systems are increasingly partnering with nursing schools or offering academic financial assistance to bolster the nursing pipeline. While an influx of nursing students will eventually help address workforce issues, there will be at…

Nurses: The most trusted US professionals 20th year in a row

Americans said nurses are the most honest and ethical professionals for the 20th consecutive year, according to an annual Gallup poll. 

5 systems launching nursing programs

Several colleges and universities have launched innovative nursing programs and partnerships to address persistent nursing shortages around the country.

The displacement of the health care family

Along came COVID, and no one was prepared. We had minimal PPE. We were told to put our N95 mask in a paper bag, use it on every patient, and use it for one full week. Normally the N95 mask would be disposed of after each patient room exit. Health care …

14 hospitals hiring CNOs

Below are 14 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

1 in 5 nurses burned out: 5 findings from Medscape’s nurse career satisfaction report

Medscape’s 2021 report on nurse career satisfaction, published Dec. 29, probed the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on career satisfaction, as well as nurse burnout and workplace violence against nurses. 

Nurses union condemns expiration of emergency OSHA standards

National Nurses United, the largest U.S. union of registered nurses, is condemning the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s decision to rescind some COVID-19 protections for healthcare workers as it works to issue a final rule.

The U.S. doesn’t have enough faculty to train the next generation of nurses

Despite a national nursing shortage in the United States, over 80,000 qualified applications were not accepted at U.S. nursing schools in 2020, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. This was due primarily to a shortage of nursin…

15 hospitals hiring CNOs

Below are 15 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers.