Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center has received a $3.8 million grant  from the Bower Foundation that will go to creating healthcare administrators and community college nursing educators, reports CBS affiliate WJTV. 

Below are 16 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

Female nurses are about two times more likely to die by suicide compared to the general female population, according to a study published April 14 in JAMA Psychiatry. 

Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia grant nurse practitioners full practice authority as soon as they earn their licenses, according to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. 

Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass., has selected Katherine Gregory, PhD, MSN, RN, an associate CNO at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital, to serve as dean of its Connell School of Nursing, effective July 1.  

Many colleges are creating nursing degree programs amid a nationwide shortage of nursing professionals. 

Below are 15 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health hasn't reported any COVID-19 deaths for its nursing staff across the entire system. 

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins School of Nursing has appointed Marie Nolan, PhD, RN, to serve as the school's interim dean, effective April 16. 

An Atlanta-based nurse who contracted COVID-19 while working on the pandemic's front line last year has launched a consulting company to help organizations improve pandemic preparedness, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Maddy Pearson, DNP, RN, CNO at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital, has started the Resiliency Roadmap podcast focused on how nurses can build resiliency and practice self-care, WGBH, a local NPR station, reported March 31. 

Ann Kurth, PhD, MSN, will start her second term as dean of Yale University's School of Nursing in New Haven, Conn., July 1, the university announced March 29. 

An emergency room nurse at Providence, R.I.-based Roger Williams Medical Center invented a portable case for clinicians to store their N95 masks, reports NBC affiliate WJAR.

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University has the No. 1 program for earning a master's degree in nursing, according to U.S. News and World Report's 'Best Nursing Schools' for 2022 released March 30. 

Pamela Jeffries, PhD, RN, will become dean of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University School of Nursing after current Dean Linda Norman, DSN, RN, steps down June 30, according to a March 24 news release.

The Medical Prep Institute of Tampa Bay, Fla., nursing school lost accreditation and is on probation with the state, but continues to recruit students, according to ABC affiliate WFTS-TV.

Below are 17 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

Twenty leading nursing organizations, including the American Nurses Association and American Association of Critical Care Nurses, launched a COVID-19 vaccine information campaign March 15. 

Lin Zhan, PhD, MSN, will be the new dean of the University of California Los Angeles School of Nursing, effective Aug. 1, the university announced March 11.  

Six nursing leaders shared with Becker's what their No. 1 priority is for this spring.