Category: Nursing

Better pay rates was the most important aspect of the workplace for nurses, according to a recent AMN Healthcare report.

In honor of National Nurses Month and National Nurses Week (May 6-12), hospitals and health systems are recognizing the difference nurses make in their organizations. 

Health systems are working diligently to improve nurse staffing, and early evidence suggests these efforts are starting to pay off. 

Contract provisions that stick nurses with the cost of training programs if they leave or are terminated before their contracts are up will largely be prohibited under the Federal Trade Commission’s April 23 ruling to ban noncompete agreements — a deci…

Government is the highest-paying industry for registered nurses, where they earn an average of almost $30,000 higher than the lowest-paying industry, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

Direct care nurses should be involved in all aspects of staffing, according to standards set forth in new guidance from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. 

Men are increasingly entering the nursing profession and continue to outearn their female peers, federal data suggests.

The amount of registered nurses who reported being “extremely satisfied” with their jobs fell 12 percentage points between 2018 and 2022, federal data shows.

Gen Z and millennials healthcare workers are less likely to report feeling unsafe at work and suffering burnout, but are more likely to report experiencing depression, a Vivian report found.

On average, registered nurses’ workweeks were 84 minutes longer in 2022 than in 2018, federal data shows.