Category: Workforce

Nurse recruitment and retention is top of mind for every hospital and health system executive given that the shortage of registered nurses is only expected to intensify.  

A staffing platform that connects nurses to shifts in skilled nursing facilities and home health settings is expanding to offer hospital shifts. The platform, connectRN, has launched hospital staffing services in Tennessee and Florida, according to an …

Washington lawmakers have passed staffing legislation aimed at reducing nursing shortages, The Spokesman-Review reported April 6. 

Some hiring managers are setting their sights on older employees rather than younger ones due to a difference in work ethic, The Wall Street Journal reported April 6. 

Healthcare gained 33,900 jobs in March, down from the average monthly gain of 54,000 over the prior six months, according to the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Only 12 percent of nurses are men. Raising that number would benefit not only the healthcare profession, but men themselves, Bloomberg editors suggested in an April 6 viewpoint piece. 

Generation Z is the age group flipping the workforce by demanding flexible work arrangements — or so the narrative goes. But recent data shows that older workers, not younger ones, are most likely to reap fully remote jobs. 

Generation Z is heading east and south when choosing a new city to call home. 

Healthcare announced the third-most job cuts out of 30 industries and sectors measured in the first quarter of 2023, according to one new analysis.

Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health System has cut down on travel nurses, delaying patient care in at least one instance, KTVZ reported April 5.