Nursing
Nurse burnout is often framed as a staffing or clinical issue. Data from a national survey of more than 2,600…
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has achieved an 81% jump in new-hire nurse retention over the past year, alongside double-digit reductions in registered nurse turnover and resignation rates. The system’s first-year registered nurse turnover for beside nursing units with its virtually integrated…
Nurse fatigue is “not a personal failing but a predictable outcome of system failure,” the American Nurses Association said in a position statement that calls fatigue a shared responsibility but said employers must take the lead. The Silver Spring, Md.-based…
A nurse tiptoeing through a darkened unit on night rounds. A knowing groan about someone daring to say “the Q word” on shift. A bit about being humbled by hospital furniture. Three years after SSM Health wove its nurse recruitment…
When FMOL Health in Baton Rouge, La., began pushing ambient listening technology across its clinical teams roughly 18 months ago, the physician side was the primary focus. Nursing was separate and the technology needed adjustments to fit into their complex,…
Effective Feb. 1, the National Council Licensure Examination will have a $350 registration fee for test-takers in the U.S., an increase from the current $200 price. “This is the first adjustment to the NCLEX registration fee since 2000,” the National…
Pending regulatory approval, a Michigan university plans to revive a nursing school with the help of Trinity Health as a clinical partner. Siena Heights University in Adrian, Mich., closed after the 2025-26 school year. Its three accredited nursing programs may…
Many nurse practitioners are struggling to find a preceptor, resulting in many students paying preceptors thousands of dollars so they can graduate, The Hechinger Report reported Aug. 24. To graduate, NP students must spend at least 500 hours working with…
Each year, the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Honor Roll gives healthcare leaders a chance to look closely at what distinguishes the nation’s strongest hospitals. This year, one common thread is impossible to miss: Every hospital on the…
Nearly half of nurse practitioners report feeling burned out and 1 in 6 report having both burnout and depression, according to an Aug. 11 Medscape report. Medscape’s “When Caring Costs Too Much: Medscape Nurse Practitioner Burnout & Depression Report 2026”…
A year of University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing research points to a consistent finding: the staffing numbers hospitals track most closely to predict patient safety are less reliable than nurses’ own read. Here is what Penn Nursing’s recent work…