Category: Workforce

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. 

For Rhonda Thompson, DNP, chief nursing officer and senior vice president of patient care services at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, tackling ongoing nursing challenges like labor shortage and workforce wellbeing starts with one simple task: communicatio…

University Medical Center New Orleans, part of New Orleans-based LCMC Health, has shared a goal to recruit and employ 100 nursing technicians this summer through its Nurturing the Future of Nursing Program.

The number of board certified physician assistants/associates grew 87% over 10 years, from  95,583 at the end of 2013 to 178,708 by the end of 2023.

Americans in their 20s are starting their adult lives with more credit card debt than previous generations, largely due to rising food and housing costs and student loan debt, economists and financial advisors told The Wall Street Journal in a May 7 re…

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has hired 10,000 registered nurses since 2020 across its central Florida hospitals and other healthcare locations in an effort to improve recruitment and retention efforts.

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has hired 10,000 registered nurses since 2020 across its central Florida hospitals and other healthcare locations in an effort to improve recruitment and retention efforts.

The Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences, a tuition-free public high school, is set to open in Demopolis in fall 2026.