After months and years of healthcare leaders toiling to recruit and retain nurses, and not exceed budget limits, some are pushing for laws and tweaks to nursing curriculums to offset the workforce’s issues.
Category: Nursing
Surviving infidelity: a story of strength and hope
I was sitting alone in a rundown trailer in the woods, surrounded by five acres of trees that crowded the blue sky. I had 60 aminophylline pills in my hand, hoping they would end my life. As an asthmatic, I believed that this was the best way to escape…
8 recent lawsuits involving nurses
Here are eight recent lawsuits involving nurses:
Former nurse charged for allegedly slamming baby into bassinet
A former Good Samaritan University Hospital nurse has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after allegedly “slamming” a two-day-old infant face down into a bassinet.
'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.
