Category: Nursing

Several states are taking on the debate of whether to prevent nonphysicians from using the doctor title, but nurse practitioners with doctorates are pushing back, The Washington Post reported Aug. 20.

The concept of virtual nursing is not new; it was introduced more than 20 years ago. But healthcare systems are circling back to it — launching innovative programs across the country that are fueled by machine-learning-enabled platforms.

If hospitals listened to nurses and acted on their suggestions, staffing challenges likely would be much less severe, Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, PhD, RN, president of the American Nurses Association, told Becker’s. But this is not happening, she said.

When describing the housing market, real estate agents often talk about “location, location, location.” In hospitals, according to many executives, the mantra seems to be more like “meetings, meetings, meetings.”

Hospital CEO is the top leadership position nurses should consider, according to an article by Nursing Process.

Providence (R.I.) College will break ground on its 100,000-square-foot, $80 million facility to house its new nursing program, The Providence Journal reported Aug. 15.

Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock recruited 125 new nurses in July — the largest cohort in the system’s 111-year history.

A hospital in West Burlington, Iowa, fired a nurse for an unusual amount of errors in patient records and charts, The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported Aug. 11. 

Deborah Grotke, MSN, RN, a longtime nurse administrator, died July 13 at age 72, The Buffalo News reported Aug. 13.

Registered nurses working at Morgantown, W.Va.-based urgent care provider MedExpress were told the company will no longer employ nurses starting Sept. 7, WSAZ reported Aug. 12.