Workers are fleeing careers affected by COVID-19, taking advantage of vast opportunities in a labor market demanding talent. This so-called “Great Resignation” has carried on through high-profile layoffs and rising inflation — tipping the workforce sca…
After three years of COVID-19 modifications, employers are well aware that workers want flexibility. The “new normal” is losing its novelty — and workplaces are adapting for the long haul.
Mandated nurse-to-patient staffing ratios are on trial in legislative sessions nationwide — stalling in some states, clearing hurdles in others. Here are six updates from across the country:
Members of the Florida Senate Health Policy Committee voted unanimously March 20 to advance a bill that would enhance criminal penalties for people who knowingly commit assault or battery upon workers at a hospital.
Chuck Lorre — a TV producer and writer known for creating The Big Bang Theory — has donated $30 million to fund Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s new allied health school in Los Angeles.
Workers in their 20s are missing from the workforce — hundreds of thousands of them, Bloomberg reported March 17. It’s hard to pin down a reason why.
Hospitals and health systems must consider various factors when trying to recruit and retain top talent. While employee feedback has long been among these factors, it has become even more crucial amid today’s healthcare challenges, according to Eric Va…
Nursing is a family affair for Maureen Kenney, MSN, and her 26-year-old twin daughters, Emily Kenney, BSN, RN, and Elizabeth Kenney, BSN, RN.
The upcoming March Madness basketball tournament will cost employers $17.3 billion in lost productivity, according to a recent estimate from Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Memorial Medical Center is using its new international nursing program to fill staffing gaps.
