A shortage of nurses at NYC Health + Hospitals is leading to more reliance on temporary nurses and higher staffing costs, New York’s state comptroller said May 4.
Category: Nursing
Viewpoint: International recruiting alone won't solve nurse shortages
International recruiting has emerged as a popular solution to the ongoing nursing shortage, but the strategy fails to address the underlying issues fueling the staffing crisis, three nursing experts wrote in a May 4 commentary published in Health Affai…
$7M gift to fund 200+ nursing scholarships at University of Maryland School of Nursing
The University of Maryland School of Nursing has received a $7 million gift that will fund 218 nursing scholarships over the next four years, the Baltimore-based school said May 3.
Viewpoint: How to reduce nurse suicides
Nurses have a higher rate of suicide than the general population and often go without mental health treatment due to stigma and regulatory requirements, Judy Davidson, DNP, RN, a nurse scientist at the University of California San Diego, said in a May …
Michigan nurse delivers baby in hospital parking lot
A nurse at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Mich., delivered a baby who arrived earlier than planned in the facility’s parking lot May 2, according to a report from local CBS affiliate WLNS.
BSN program enrollment fell last year, ending 20-year growth streak
Enrollment in entry-level baccalaureate nursing programs fell 1.4 percent last year, ending a 20-year period of enrollment growth, new data from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing shows.
The path to becoming a nursing leader: 9 C-suite women lend advice
If you ask a nurse leader why they moved away from the bedside and into leadership, there is a good possibility they will give a version of this answer: “Because I wanted to make more of an impact.”
Mentoring is 'Miracle Gro for nurses' and 'key to future success'
What do you get when you pair an experienced nurse — one who has been there, done that and has seen it all — with a new nursing school graduate?
Michigan Tech takes over closing school's nursing program
A teach-out plan brought on by a March announcement of the pending closure of Finlandia University — a private institution in Hancock, Mich. — will soon send its nursing students eight minutes down the road to Michigan Technological University in…
Nurses stream back to hospitals amid temp job slump
Nursing shortages are easing for some hospitals after falling pay from temp agencies and new hospital perks drive more nurses back into permanent positions, The Wall Street Journal reported May 1.
