Nurses are seeking safety improvements in the wake of a July 22 shooting at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Ore., that left a hospital security guard dead and another employee injured.
As the nursing shortage grows, stressing an already burned out workforce, the remedy of retention has become obvious to hospital executives, but some nurses say they’re often left out of conversations about this solution. What they really want may not …
Promoting front-line nurses’ well-being remains a top priority for chief nursing officers amid workforce shortages and increasingly challenging working conditions.
In a bipartisan move by two lawmakers, the Improving Care and Access to Nurses Act was introduced in the Senate July 20, according to a same-day news release put out by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
As hospitals continue to do everything possible to attract nurses, building critically important pipelines has become a future promise — not a right-now solution.
More than 3 of every 4 student credits from a Connecticut nursing program that was shutdown in February were determined to be invalid by an independent audit, according to the state’s Office of Higher Education.
A nursing background can lead to a myriad of job paths. That comes as no surprise to those already working in the profession, but there’s an immense opportunity for healthcare organizations to do a better job at showcasing just how diverse the range of…
When it comes to the nursing shortage, much of the national rhetoric is focused on nurses who have left the bedside, or projections on how many more are planning an exit. But there is a need for more emphasis to be placed on the now: How can nursing de…