The University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Nursing is extending a partnership with Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare to assist students in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.

Addressing the nursing shortage, which has been exacerbated by COVID-19, begins with acknowledging how much nurses have been undervalued, Leana Wen, MD, wrote for The Washington Post Sept. 28.

Here are three nurses who have made headlines for their leadership efforts on and off the job since Sept. 19: 

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health and the Loyola University New Orleans College of Nursing and Health will open a $1.9 million nursing simulation laboratory Oct. 1. 

Nursing schools are enacting changes to their programs to meet the high demand for nurse practitioners, Fortune reported Sept. 27. 

Medical City Healthcare affiliate Galen College of Nursing plans to open a new nursing school campus in North Texas, according to a Sept. 27 news release.

A chain of primary care clinics in Minneapolis is responding to the nation's physician shortage with a unique model: staffing nurse practitioners only, Medscape reported Sept. 23.

Three hospitals received Magnet designation for the first time in August, while another five were redesignated, according to the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Here are five moves from nurses unions across the country that Becker's has covered since Aug. 31:

Phoenix-based Aspen University voluntarily surrendered its nursing program license Sept. 20 after notifying the Arizona State Board of Nursing that it cannot meet the minimum required first-time pass rate percentage on the national nursing exam. 

Colleges and universities have launched nursing programs and partnerships to address persistent shortages around the country.

Healthcare workforce shortages of nurses and other workers are nearing a crisis point as a result of retention challenges, issues around pay differentials and overall costs for contract nurses, combined with an aging workforce.

Below are 12 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

The Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing in Atlanta has opened a $20.6 million simulation learning center. 

Palestine (Texas) Regional Medical Center's longest-serving nurse is planning to retire in June 2023 after more than 45 years with the hospital.

Advocating for better working conditions is an especially challenging task for nurses, as they are battling a long history of sexism and false notions about the profession, Stephen Mihm, PhD, wrote in an op-ed published Sept. 16 in Bloomberg.

Some travel nurses who left full-time hospital jobs during the pandemic have no plans to return. But there is a subset of reachable nurses who say they would consider returning to a full-time bedside role if hospitals made certain guarantees. 

Several colleges and universities have launched nursing programs and partnerships to address persistent shortages nationwide.

Becker's has covered the leadership efforts of dozens of nurses who made headlines in the first eight months of the year:

The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing has identified three health systems as the recipients of its National Certification Champion Awards, the organization said Sept. 13.