The expiration of California’s COVID-19 emergency declaration could spell more trouble for Fresno County hospitals since they will no longer be allowed to hire travel nurses with out-of-state licenses, The Fresno Bee reported March 1.
Category: Nursing
This nurse is heading the residency matching program
The National Resident Matching Program pairs medical graduates with compatible residencies and its president and CEO is a nurse, which has created controversy, Medscape Medical News reported March 1.
Some innocent nurses may be caught up in degree scheme
Lawyers for some nurses in New York and Georgia maintain that their clients completed required coursework and legitimately earned their nursing diplomas, but are being lumped together in the national scheme involving the sale of thousands of bogus degr…
Texas short 30,000 nurses as threat of hospital closures loom
Texas has reached historic workforce shortages with 30,000 unfilled nursing positions and 500,000 nurses expected to leave this year, CBS News reported Mar. 1.
Arizona nursing school one step closer to shutdown
After more than a year of investigation into the quality and integrity of Phoenix-based Aspen University’s nursing program, it is one vote away from being shut down by the Arizona State Board of Nursing.
Iowa nurse sanctioned for adopting baby, then fired after licensing board error
An Iowa nurse was sanctioned by the state Board of Nursing, then fired from two jobs, after adopting the baby of a former patient, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported Feb. 24.
Vanderbilt nursing legend dies after 45 years of service
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center nursing legend Carl James, RN, died at 75 on Feb. 17.
The unexpected benefit Erlanger saw after raising nurse pay
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System has seen fewer nurses call in sick since the approval of a 10 percent pay raise in January, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported Feb. 26.
How Novant's Heather King went from CNA to hospital president
Heather King, BSN, RN, president and chief operating officer of Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center in Bolivia, N.C., climbed from certified nursing assistant to hospital executive in 17 years because, as her mentor put it, she “never said no to any…
Understanding and Addressing Today’s Nursing Challenges
To address the challenges faced by the nursing profession today, it is vital that healthcare leadership first understand them. For example, nurses are not currently practicing to the top of their license due to staffing shortages we’ve been seeing. Thi…
