Category: Nursing

Instead of studying the connection between hospital staffing shortages and patient outcomes and satisfaction, it’s time to implement effective strategies that focus on solutions. 

At least three states have taken disciplinary action against nurses who allegedly purchased fraudulent degree documents through a recently uncovered scheme.

Burnout, violence and staffing shortages are just a few of the most pressing challenges the nation’s 4 million nurses are facing. It’s no question that these are pertinent to address across the healthcare sector nationwide, but what remains to be agree…

Thibodaux, La.-based Nicholls State University named Raquel Engolio, EdD, RN, dean of nursing.

Here are six organizations opening or expanding nursing programs: 

More than one-third of aspiring nurses who allegedly purchased phony degrees to bypass coursework and training required to sit for the National Council Licensure Examination passed the test, The New York Times reported Jan. 27.  

As state and federal investigations into a fraudulent nurse degree scheme continue, the Delaware Board of Nursing confirmed it has annulled the nursing licenses of 26 individuals, ABC affiliate WPVI reported Jan. 26.

Forty-one percent of nurses nationwide do not feel prepared for a future variant, surge or pandemic, data from the American Nurses Foundation’s survey revealed.

By and large, nurses want to be involved in decisions that affect their daily practice at the bedside, with recent evidence suggesting it may even combat burnout.