Category: Nursing

Nebraska system’s hair policy for nurses sparks backlash on social media

Nurses have flooded social media with posts using the hashtag “showmeyourbuns” in response to a photo of Bryan Health’s personal appearance policy, which was been widely circulated online.  

4 nurses making headlines on and off the job

Here are four nurses who have made headlines for their leadership efforts on and off the job since July 16: 

St. Louis nursing school closes after 124 years

The St. Louis-based Lutheran School of Nursing has closed, according to an Aug. 1 report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which cites financial troubles and struggling enrollment.

Seemingly unimportant acts make a big difference

We were reminiscing recently at a brunch we set up. It had been many years since we had seen each other. Eventually, we went our separate ways. But we reconnected once again. Anna was one of our night shift nurses. She was bright and articulate. She ev…

Side hustle or exit path? How COVID-19 shifted the side gig landscape for nurses

Pre-pandemic, it wasn’t uncommon for hospital nurses to have side gigs on their days off, be it paid or volunteer work. 

Meet the CNOs of US News’ top 10 hospitals: 2022-23

This year has put nursing leaders to the test as they navigate severe workforce shortages — among other lingering pandemic-related stressors — and work diligently to support nurses through a uniquely difficult period in their careers. 

The nurse who walked a million miles

Nurses are notoriously tough, resilient, and caring. Their ability to deliver health care with a mindful spirit is uncanny. Multitasking is soon ingrained in even the greenest of this kind. Go ahead, inundate them with requests, some admittedly regretf…

12 systems hiring chief nursing officers 

Below are 12 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

Why 1 nurse will never return to the bedside 

Despite wanting to return to the medical field, Theresa Brown, PhD, BSN, RN, said she is unlikely to return because of the “present form” of bedside nurses’ work, she wrote July 22 in Medscape.

Nurses urge CDC to tighten COVID-19 restrictions

National Nurses United is calling on the CDC to ramp up public health restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as cases and hospitalizations rise nationwide, fueled by the highly transmissible omicron subvariant BA.5.