Nationally, 32.8 percent of first-year nurses leave hospitals within a year of employment, according to 2023 data from NSI Nursing Solutions. At an Advocate hospital in Oak Lawn, Ill., that rate is about 10 percent.
Category: Nursing
Texas nurses to rally over newborn, open-heart surgery staffing concerns
Nurses at the Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas, announced they will rally Sept. 27 out of mounting concerns over the safety of newborn and open-heart surgery patients.
10 hospitals, systems with top nurse residency programs
More hospitals and health systems across the country are implementing nurse residency programs to support new nurses as they transition into the field. It’s also an effort that aims to improve retention amid the ongoing nursing shortage.
The 'secret sauce' to a great nurse work culture
The “secret sauce” to creating a great work culture is having nurse leaders who embrace a primary role as retention officers and putting values into action, nursing leaders told Becker’s.
Where nurses, CDC don't see eye to eye
National Nurses United’s recent scrutiny over the CDC’s proposed masking standards in hospitals is the latest example of the two entities not seeing eye to eye on infection control.
Massachusetts nurses file 12K staffing reports in 18 months
Between January 2022 and July 2023, nurses in Massachusetts filed 12,600 unsafe staffing reports, according to a Sept. 18 news release from the state’s nursing association.
Gig nursing platform names chief nursing officer
CareRev has promoted Susan Pasley, BSN, RN, to the role of chief nursing officer, the gig-work tech platform said Sept. 14.
Former Stone Academy nursing students sue for $10.35M
Months after the closure of Stone Academy, a for-profit healthcare college in West Haven, Conn., former nursing students who were unable to finish their education are coming forward, suing the school for $10.35 million, Law360 reported Sept. 12.
130 hospital leaders lobby against nurse-patient ratios in Michigan
About 130 Michigan hospital leaders gathered to lobby against legislation that would require hospitals to meet nurse-patient staffing ratios, limit mandatory nurse overtime and require transparency about staffing, the Detroit Free Press reported Sept. …
130 hospital leaders lobby against nurse-patient ratios in Michigan
About 130 Michigan hospital leaders gathered to lobby against legislation that would require hospitals to meet nurse-patient staffing ratios, limit mandatory nurse overtime and require transparency about staffing, the Detroit Free Press reported Sept. …
