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.
Category: Nursing
NYC Health + Hospitals reports a 15% nurse vacancy rate
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.
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…
