Category: Nursing

'Crisis' looms as 800,000 more nurses plan to exit workforce by 2027, study

The critical nursing shortage in the United States is going to get worse — much worse — according to results of a comprehensive National Council of State Boards of Nursing and National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers study released…

Colorado hospital starts nurse residency program

Aspen (Colo.) Valley Hospital has launched a residency program for local nurses with a two-fold aim of investing in the surrounding region and boosting nurse retention rates for new nurses.

AACN recognizes 5 leaders for nursing contributions

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has recognized five clinicians with its 2023 Pioneering Spirit Awards and the Marguerite Rodgers Kinney Award for a Distinguished Career, the organization said April 11. 

Stay focused, positive and 'just do it': 4 nurse leaders advise women on moving up the ladder

To paraphrase famed entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie, you cannot push someone up a ladder if they are not willing to climb.

Stay focused, positive and 'just do it': 4 nurse leaders advise women on moving up the ladder

To paraphrase famed entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie, you cannot push someone up a ladder if they are not willing to climb.

North Carolina nurses rally over patient safety concerns

Nurses are rallying at Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital over patient safety concerns, nurses being sent home, and unsafe working conditions, Fox affiliate WHNS reported April 10.

UC Irvine creates CNO certificate program

The University of California Irvine is launching an online certificate program to prepare nurses for executive roles this summer.

How this nurse became an anti-vaccine icon — accidentally

Tiffany Dover, RN, did not intend to become a figurehead of the anti-vaccine movement when she received her first shot via a livestream in 2020, but the internet had very different plans, NBC News reported April 10. 

'Nurses make great leaders,' say 5 Hackensack Meridian bedside-to-C-suite executives

Five female leaders at Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health started their careers tending to patients at the bedside. But somewhere along their career tracks, all five set their sights on the top of the leadership ladder. 

'There's a lot to be excited about in healthcare right now,' Pennsylvania nurse leader says

It’s an interesting time to step into a nursing leadership role in a new hospital — depending on where you’ve been and what you’ve been doing, it can actually be like jumping from the proverbial frying pan into the fire.