ICU: Our acuities were high, and staffing was low. Our ICU, with 24 beds, was already full. The staffing situation for that night was so poor that instead of our RNs having a 2:1 patient-nurse ratio, we were forced into 3:1 assignments. Despite the cha…
The executive director of nursing at Mission Viejo, Calif.-based Providence Mission Hospital was flown to Craig Hospital in Englewood, Colo., for rehabilitation, just over a month after surviving “devastating and tenuous” injuries in an accident in Cos…
Birmingham-based University of Alabama received a $3.5 million grant to help diversify nurse educators, al.com reported July 3.
Indiana is the highest-paying state for nurses in executive management roles, according to a June 29 report from the Medical Group Management Association.
The average compensation for licensed practical nurses increased more between 2021 and 2022 than other clinical and nursing positions, according to an 2023 MGMA report released June 29. LPNs got paid the most in four states and Washington, D.C.
Three New Hampshire hospitals are offering a new externship program to nursing students.
With 94 percent of hospitals of health executives reporting their shortage of nurses as “critical,” the industry is plugging hundreds of millions of dollars into reversing the trend.
There are about 3.1 million registered nurses, 258,230 nurse practitioners, 1.3 million nursing assistants, 46,540 nurse anesthetists, 7,950 nurse midwives and 632,020 licensed practical and vocational nurses working in the U.S., according to the most …
An analysis of 35 professions on TikTok found nurses were the third-most popular profession represented, registerednursing.org reported June 6.
I love two nurses. One of them is my son, and the other is someone very close to me. She’ll have her own article. My son has just finished his seventh 12-hour ICU shift. He’s wiped out, devastated, and shell-shocked. Let me introduce him to…
