Category: Nursing

California ranked among the top five states for nurses in three out of four categories, according to Forbes Advisor.

Nurse practitioner is the fastest growing occupation in the country, with employment in the profession expected to increase 46 percent within 10 years. The government has issued a fresh round of funding to support nursing schools in expanding training …

Melissa Kline, DNP, RN, did not intend to go into leadership when she started as a staff nurse at Cleveland-based MetroHealth. But over the last 20 years, she realized leadership is where she belonged.

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.