Category: Workforce

AdventHealth has hired 10,000 nurses in 4 years

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.

Alabama to open healthcare high school in 2026

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

Relief fund created for healthcare workers displaced by tornadoes

The Nebraska Hospital Association established a relief fund to support hospital employees who were affected by tornadoes April 26.

Healthcare's latest job growth in 7 numbers

Healthcare employment continued to grow in certain areas of the sector last month, showing growth on top of March’s numbers. 

Noncompete ban complicates hospital staffing issues: Fitch

The Federal Trade Commission’s final rule banning noncompete clauses could hit nonprofit hospitals with more staffing complications at a time when they are still adapting to the upward reset of wages and have only begun to rein in labor costs, accordin…

U.S. healthcare job openings decrease

U.S. job openings hit 8.5 million in March of 2024, the lowest level of openings since March of 2021.

Gen Z's top job priorities

For students planning to graduate with bachelor’s degrees in 2024, stability, location and employer reputation are top job considerations, according to a recent report from Handshake, a career services platform. 

AdventHealth's strategy to lower staff turnover

Terry Shaw, president and CEO of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth, has been focused on replenishing the system’s workforce and leadership pipeline over the last few years.

Labor Department's new salaried overtime rule: What healthcare leaders should know

The Labor Department has issued its biggest increase to the federal overtime threshold in decades — and healthcare is among the most affected industries. 

Gen Z nurses commit to work at this hospital: How its CNO aims to keep them

When Jonna Jenkins, DNP, arrived at Hutchinson (Kan.) Regional Hospital in 2022, she was shocked to learn that the facility did not have a strong relationship with the town’s community college.