“Now more than ever, our profession needs to move toward racial healing. There is an urgent need for nursing to acknowledge its history of racism, boldly confront racism wherever it shows up, and address the racism that nurses witness when delive…
Category: Nursing
Meet Sparrow Health’s 4 nurse presidents
Hospital CEOs and presidents with nursing backgrounds are still rare in healthcare — but not at Sparrow Health System. The Lansing, Mich.-based system has appointed four nurse leaders to top leadership positions in the last two years, a spokesperson to…
6 schools launching nursing programs
Several colleges and universities have launched nursing programs and partnerships to address persistent shortages around the country.
Is it time for more nurse CEOs?
With nearly one-third of registered nurses considering leaving their current roles amid historic workforce shortages, healthcare executives nationwide are scrambling to better understand and meet nurses’ needs. This task may come easier for hospital an…
Petition to grant RaDonda Vaught clemency garners 120K signatures
More than 100,000 people have signed a national petition calling for clemency in former nurse RaDonda Vaught’s criminal case.
Death of a nurse: a soliloquy
It’s not what you think. It’s not my actual mortality. It’s that emotional death. Of being a nurse. If you’ve never been a nurse. Then you will never know. It’s that’s giving of yourself: heart and soul. Constantly a…
Indiana board ordered to end bias against nurses with opioid use disorder
The Indiana State Nursing Board discriminates against nurses with opioid use disorder and must work with the Justice Department to end the civil rights violations, the U.S. Justice Department concluded in a recently released investigation.
Ex-Vanderbilt nurse’s trial could set dangerous precedent, ANA warns
The trial of RaDonda Leanne Vaught, a former nurse facing criminal charges over a fatal medication error, could have a “chilling effect” on medical error reporting and process improvement in healthcare, the American Nurses Association said in a March 2…
6 schools launching nursing programs
Several colleges and universities have launched nursing programs and partnerships to address persistent shortages around the country.
14 hospitals hiring chief nursing officers
Below are 14 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers.
