In its new session, the Illinois General Assembly will look at new bills that could ease the state’s nursing shortage.
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RaDonda Vaught to appeal license revocation
RaDonda Vaught will appear in Tennessee court March 28 to appeal the state nursing board’s 2021 decision to revoke her license, court records show.
Bon Secours Mercy Health CNO to retire after 40 years in healthcare
Andrea Mazzoccoli, PhD, RN, the chief nurse and quality officer for Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health, will retire in June after 15 years with the health system and 40 years in the profession.
States slow to adopt 'physician associate' term
The American Academy of Physician Associates adopted the title “physician associate” for the PA profession in May 2021. At the time, it acknowledged the road to broadscale use of the new title would take up to two years due to regulatory requirements.&…
Officials worry Central California county may lose 40% of nursing workforce
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.
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.
