Category: Nursing

Supporting nurses and promoting their well-being was a top priority for chief nursing officers this year amid workforce shortages and ongoing pandemic stressors. 

From life saving interventions off the job to patient experience improvement efforts, dozens of nurses made headlines this year for their leadership efforts. 

Colleges and universities are updating and launching nursing programs to help combat nursing shortages.

More than a third of Florida’s nursing students didn’t pass their nursing competency exams in 2021 — about 10 percent worse than the national average — according to a report from the Tampa-based University of South Florida’s nursing center. 

Here are the 10 most-read nursing stories published by Becker’s in 2022, listed in order from most to least popular:

Colleges and universities are updating and launching nursing programs to help combat nursing shortages.

Leaders at small health systems might be quick to dismiss the idea of an internal nurse staffing agency, thinking it’s not an option for them. Kathy Sanford, DBA, RN, would challenge that assumption.

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, part of Penn Medicine, has launched a fellowship program to support the growth of nurses from underrepresented backgrounds.