Twenty-five organizations across the U.S. will receive a share of $78 million in grant funds that the Department of Labor has set aside to inject more resources and support into nursing programs, according to a May 11 press release.
Category: Nursing
Instructors fired from Mississippi nursing school: 'They treated us like criminals'
Five of seven faculty members at the University of Mississippi (Jackson) Medical Center’s Oxford-based accelerated Bachelor of Science in nursing program received pink slips on May 1 — in the middle of the rigorous program’s one-year cycle, according t…
HCA does away with contracts that stick nurses with training costs
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is no longer embedding training costs into nurse contracts, according to a May 9 report from NBC News.
How EHRs can help reduce violence against ED nurses
Workplace violence against nurses and healthcare workers has increased at rates that experts say are “alarming.” Often, rates of violence are even higher for healthcare professionals who work in emergency departments, but new technology may be able to …
Which US jurisdictions have not entered the Nurse Licensure Compact?
While Washington was the 40th U.S. jurisdiction to enact the Nurse Licensure Compact, which it did in April, 15 states and jurisdictions have not yet joined.
End of PHE may limit patients' access to certain providers: AANA
When the public health emergency draws to a close May 11, some patients could lose critical elements of care overnight, the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology warned in a May 9 news release.
37 hospital execs write thank-you notes to nurses
For more than two decades, nursing has been rated at the top of the list of the “most honest and ethical professions” in the country, according to Gallup.
5 notes on CommonSpirit's 1-year nurse residency
The turnover rate among first-year nurses is at an all-time high of about 32 percent, according to the “2023 NSI National Healthcare Retention” report. That’s one of the drivers behind a one-year nurse residency program created by Chicago-based CommonS…
U of Houston nursing school to use $20M to address workforce shortage
The University of Houston College of Nursing said it will use a $20 million gift it received to help replenish the workforce in that area.
California nurses press lawmakers to support $500M investment in nursing schools
A half-billion-dollar investment in California’s community nursing schools would double the state’s capacity to graduate new RNs, according to the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals.
