Several large health systems are turning to virtual nurses to fight workforce shortages and improve hospital efficiency, but not all leaders are one board.
Category: Nursing
Texas board charges 23 nurses in fake degree scheme as other students speak out
The Texas Board of Nursing charged 23 people as part of the reverberations from “Operation Nightingale,” which uncovered a national scheme involving thousands of fake nursing degrees.
CHS' nurse recruitment up 18% in 2022
Along with its newly released financial results in a Feb. 16 earnings call, Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems this week also noted nurse recruitment was up 18 percent in 2022.
128 organizations launching or expanding nursing programs
Here are 128 organizations launching or expanding nursing programs:
Nurse practitioners often an untapped solution to workforce shortages, AANP president says
Hospital beds are nearly full and waiting times in emergency departments across the U.S. are often untenable. However, April Kapu, DNP, president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, recently told Becker’s that nurse practitioners can pr…
Oregon community colleges could offer traditional BSN degrees, but some groups are wary
A bill passed in Oregon in 2019 may soon make it so community colleges can offer four-year traditional baccalaureate degrees, including a Bachelor of Science in nursing — but despite a national nursing shortage, some are not sure this effort is worthwh…
4 systems embracing virtual nurses
In recent months, several health systems have rolled out virtual nurse initiatives or said they plan to do so as a way to recruit and retain nurses.
5 nurses making headlines on and off the job
Here are five nurses who have made headlines for their leadership efforts on and off the job since mid-August:
Sanford Health creates robust onboarding program to help internationally educated nurses acclimate to working in a US hospital
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has already onboarded more than 130 of the 800 internationally educated nurses the system is looking to hire to help offset nursing shortage challenges.
States ranked by NPs per capita: 2023
Tennessee has the most active nurse practitioners of any state per capita, while Hawaii has the fewest, according to a ranking from Kaiser Family Foundation.
