Category: Nursing

Adult acute care nurse practitioner is the hardest nurse practitioner specialty, according to Nursing Process.

As Florida rebounds from its shortage of nurses, the Gainesville-based University of Florida’s College of Nursing enrolled a record number of nursing students for fall 2023 — and a few other nursing programs are noting the same. 

Pass rates of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s new NCLEX testing format were “similar to statistics reported prior to the pandemic,” Nicole Williams, MSN, RN, the associate director of examinations told Becker’s. 

Morgantown, W.V.-based MedExpress Urgent Care, owned by Optum, is laying off all registered nurses at nearly 150 facilities nationwide. In response, Morgantown-based Mon Health System says it welcomes those nurses to apply for “multiple opportunities” …

Alix Dorsainvil, the American nurse who was kidnapped in Haiti with her child for about two weeks, said she would provide care for her former captors if they entered her clinic. 

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and his administration took key steps to begin implementing the Nurse Licensure Compact across the state, according to an Aug. 22 news release. 

The American Academy of Nursing has named six nurses as honorees of its 2023 annual “Living Legends” designation. 

Nurse practitioners are the most requested specialty by employers, AMN Healthcare found.

Addressing workplace violence against nurses and other healthcare workers requires a multi-pronged approach, and urgent action is needed from multiple stakeholders, seven nursing leaders wrote in an Aug. 23 Health Affairs report. 

When Gina Batterman, RN, was pursuing her nursing degree with the goal of working in pharmacy, her professors thought she was crazy.