Category: Workforce

More job seekers relocated for new positions in the first quarter of this year compared to the previous quarter, though rates remain historically low overall, according to a May 16 report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas. 

A recent Indeed survey suggests that many workers do not intend to leave healthcare, but move away from individual employers due to dissatisfaction with the job. The survey also cites a gap in perception between what the workers find important and what…

A recent Indeed survey suggests that many workers do not intend to leave healthcare, but move away from individual employers due to dissatisfaction with the job. The survey also cites a gap in perception between what the workers find important and what…

Although the number of nurse practitioners and physician associates who work in primary care continues to rise, an increasing number of these advanced practitioners are shifting into speciality care, according to a Milbank Memorial Fund report.

Unionized healthcare workers came together May 13 to address New York state’s clinical staffing law, which they say is not being enforced aggressively enough by the New York State Department of Health.

Two U.S. lawmakers on May 9 reintroduced a bill that would create a federal grant program for nursing schools to stand up or expand accelerated degree programs geared toward individuals with an undergraduate degree in another field. 

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has partnered with San Francisco State University to expand clinical placement opportunities for nursing students.

In the week ended May 4, the Labor Department reported weekly unemployment claims hit 231,000, an increase of 22,000 from the previous week and the highest number of jobless claims since August at 234,000.

Surgeons’ co-pilots are in shortage. 

Some nurses are pushing for federal agencies to recognize the vocation as a STEM profession, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported April 30.