A new bill signed into law Sept. 29 will allow nurse practitioners in California to practice medicine without the supervision of physicians, according to The Sacramento Bee.

Below are the stories of some nurses saving lives outside the workplace: 

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital increased its intensive care capacity 75 percent through the implementation of an alternative care model that converted general patient care units and perioperative spaces to ICUs and therefore required more critical care nurses.

A woman posing as a nurse in Tennessee received more than four years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud, healthcare fraud, identity theft and practicing nursing without a license, according to a Sept. 23 release from the Eastern District of Tennessee Justice Department. 

Two nurses were named to Time's Most Influential People of 2020 list, including a New York City nurse who treated her hospital's first COVID-19 patient, contracted the disease herself and recovered to return to work.

The Alabama Nurses Association has elected Lindsey Harris, DNP, as its first Black president in its 107-year history, according to ABC affiliate WBMA-LD.

Healthcare workers are on the front lines of the pandemic and are disproportionately affected by the crisis, according to a Sept. 14 report released by the International Council of Nurses.

Below are 12 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

All nurses are leaders, regardless of their title, and must identify the leadership style that works best for them, Kimberly Gibbons, DNP, RN, a nurse midwife and clinical instructor at Manchester-based Southern New Hampshire University, wrote in a Sept. 8 blog post.  

As nursing teams across the country face more patients and high stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, they look to their leaders to inspire, support and guide them. The very best leaders anticipate their teams' needs and rise to the occasion, steering them through unchartered waters.

Stories about nurses on the front lines captured readers' attention this summer, along with leadership advice and the legal ramifications some have had to face.

A new scam is targeting nurses in Idaho, according to the attorney general and state nursing board, reports NBC affiliate KTVB.

Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

The White House coronavirus task force should include a nurse to help make the best public health decisions, according to an op-ed penned by Anna Dermenchyan, RN, PhD, and Kristen Choi, RN, PhD.

A woman has been arrested after allegedly impersonating a nurse in Georgia, WGCL-TV reports.

A Virginia hospital nurse created a free pantry to help colleagues struggling to buy food or other household items during the pandemic, reports CNN. 

Below are eight hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

The Ohio Board of Nursing suspended the licenses of two nurses in connection to 2018 patient deaths at Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Health System, reports CBS affiliate WBNS.

Beaumont Health has recognized 14 nurses systemwide with its first Nursing Excellence Awards, the Royal Oak, Mich.-based system said July 23.

Amid Arizona's surge in coronavirus patients, intensive care unit nurses from New York have sent care packages to their ICU colleagues at Abrazo Arizona Heart Hospital in Phoenix.