Category: Nursing

Automation 'has not been kind to nursing', here's why

While automation holds the lucrative promise for many fields of removing mundane tasks from workloads, some nurse leaders are hopeful — but questioning — if emerging technology will do the same in their field.

146 hospitals, systems ranked by nurse support

Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque, N.M., ranked highest in the country for nurse organizational support, an MIT Sloan Management Review report found.

146 hospitals, health systems ranked by best compensation for nurses

MIT Sloan Management Review published a “Nursing Satisfaction Index” that shows how nurses at 200 of the largest healthcare employers in the U.S. rate employee experience.

Why emotional intelligence is critical for safe nurse staffing

In Daniel Goleman’s model of emotional intelligence (EQ), there are two main competencies: Personal competency, which includes self-awareness, self-regulation, and motivation; and social competency, which includes social skills and empathy. We ca…

New nursing specialty certifications introduced in 2023

U.S. nurses can now become certified in two additional specialties: burn nursing and cannabis.

Yale School of Nursing gets record gift

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. 

Why 1 chief nurse nixed 'challenges' from her vocabulary

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

5,000 nurses trained, $42M saved from NYC residency program

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. 

Vermont hospital training staff to be nurses

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, physicians have similar rates of inappropriate prescribing

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