Category: Workforce

Nurses are sparse in Hawaii — in part because the islands’ high housing costs keep them out, Hawaii News Now reported Feb. 21. 

Providence, a 52-hospital organization with system offices in Renton, Wash., and Irvine, Calif., has launched an expanded education program with Guild, a career opportunity platform.

Nearly 30 percent of Americans — and 50 percent of members of Generation Z — are planning a trip in 2023 that blends vacation time with remote work, also referred to as a “workcation,” according to a new study.

Lawmakers expressed optimism for bipartisan solutions to the U.S. healthcare worker shortage during a recent meeting of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Kaiser Health News reported.

The American Hospital Association is calling on Congress to take action toward addressing workforce challenges that have become “a national emergency.”

When Gen Zers attend their college classes, their minds are often elsewhere, Fortune reported Feb. 16. 

It’s been about six months since the phrase “quiet quitting” began gaining traction on social media, and researchers are still learning the phenomenon’s ins and outs. 

Hospitals and health systems are investing in upskilling their workforce, with initiatives ranging from investment in clinical certifications to a nursing scholars program.

Residents and fellow physicians at Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health filed to form a union to demand that administrators do more to improve patient care and better support physicians working at the system’s six hospitals.

Reducing workload for bedside nurses can play a crucial role in retaining these workers and ensuring they are able to provide optimum patient care. That is the premise of AdventHealth adding virtual nurses at its hospitals.