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.
Category: Nursing
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.
Connecticut nursing school to close after failure to address compliance issues
Stone Academy, a for-profit healthcare college in West Haven, Conn., will close all three of its campus locations immediately after failing to address multiple compliance issues, according to a Feb. 14 press release from the Connecticut Department of P…
11 hospitals seeking chief nursing officers
Below are 11 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers.
How to get nurses to stay? Less talk, more action, says AACN president
The widespread shortage of nurses is the result of a foundational crack in hospital systems across the country, Amanda Bettencourt, PhD, APRN, president of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, told Becker’s.
5 ways hospitals are giving nurses more flexibility
More hospitals and health systems are betting on workplace flexibility advancements as a key strategy to boost nurse recruitment and retention. In recent months, various leaders have talked to Becker’s about their efforts to give nurses more flexibilit…
California's mandatory nurse staffing ratios: Key lessons 2 decades in
Nearly two decades since California passed legislation mandating nurse-to-patient ratios, it remains the only state to have done so. For decades, staffing ratios have continuously sparked debate between hospitals and nurse associations, and have led to…
The ICU nurse shortage: How cost-cutting is endangering patient care
Recently, I read an article by an ICU nurse that discussed the disturbing trend of replacing seasoned nurses with inexperienced ones in the name of cost-cutting. This issue is not limited to the ICU but is rampant in every area of nursing. As a psychia…
