Category: Nursing

An anonymous donor has gifted $11.1 million to Yale School of Nursing in New Haven, Conn., marking the single largest donation in the school’s history. The university has committed to match the gift, according to an Oct. 25 news release. 

Dianne Aroh, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer at Tacoma, Wash.-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, is passionate about turning every challenge into an opportunity.

A nurse residency program that was rolled out in 2019 by NYC Health + Hospitals has trained 5,000 nurses, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced in a press release. 

Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans, Vt., created an employee-to-nurse pipeline to ease its nurse shortage, ABC affiliate WCAX reported Oct. 24.

Nurse practitioners are no more likely than physicians to prescribe inappropriately to older patients, a recent study found.

The greatest challenge facing nursing is also its most exciting opportunity, Dianne Aroh, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, told Becker’s.

Seymour, Ind.-based Schneck Medical Center was named the most nurse-friendly hospital by TopRNtoBSN, an independent nurse education website.

Hundreds of nurses who have asserted their innocence in the national degree scheme are still fighting to win back their licenses.

Storrs-based University of Connecticut School of Nursing has received a $40 million gift, a record for the university. The money will support a new facility, student scholarships, and nurse faculty education. 

Nursing students and pre-nursing students enrolled in Massachusetts community colleges will not pay out-of-pocket for their education. For the first time, the state’s scholarship fund for this effort has funding to cover 100% of currently enrolled…