Category: Nursing

Houston Methodist received national Magnet recognition for nursing excellence at all seven of its acute care hospitals.

The University of Washington Medical Center-Montlake in Seattle has become the nation’s first hospital to receive seven consecutive Magnet designations from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System unveiled its upgraded and renamed Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing, previously known as Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel.

Leonard Lauder, chairman emeritus of Estée Lauder, will donate $52 million to the nursing school at Hunter College — a record donation for the public New York City school, The New York Times reported Nov. 17. 

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth recently held a ceremony to celebrate Sister Aileen Trainor, who has worked as a nurse in nearly every unit at the system’s hospital in Springfield, Ore., since joining in 1971, The Register Guard reported Nov. 14.

Below are 10 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

Corewell Health, which has dual headquarters in Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich., will launch the state’s first nurse apprentice program in 2023, the organization said Nov. 5. 

The nurse who called emergency services in response to staffing issues at Silverdale, Wash.-based St. Michael Medical Center spoke out about her decision and the events leading up to the call in a Nov. 8 opinion piece for Nurse.org.

Here are four nurses who have made headlines for their leadership efforts on and off the job since Oct. 25: 

Central Maine Healthcare in Lewiston will offer nursing students financial assistance through a new tuition reimbursement program, the health system said Nov. 1.