Birmingham-based University of Alabama received a $3.5 million grant to help diversify nurse educators, al.com reported July 3. 

Indiana is the highest-paying state for nurses in executive management roles, according to a June 29 report from the Medical Group Management Association. 

The average compensation for licensed practical nurses increased more between 2021 and 2022 than other clinical and nursing positions, according to an 2023 MGMA report released June 29. LPNs got paid the most in four states and Washington, D.C.

All nursing positions saw an average increase of 8.5 percent in median total compensation from 2021 to 2022, according to the latest MGMA report.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center appointed Sarrah Spohnholtz, MSN, RN, inaugural director of nurse safety and wellbeing.

Medical Group Management Association found Washington, D.C., was the highest paying area for registered nurses, while New Jersey was the lowest.

Ten hospitals have received Magnet designation for the first time this year, the American Nurses Credentialing Center told Becker's.

Three New Hampshire hospitals are offering a new externship program to nursing students.

With 94 percent of hospitals of health executives reporting their shortage of nurses as "critical," the industry is plugging hundreds of millions of dollars into reversing the trend.

There are about 3.1 million registered nurses, 258,230 nurse practitioners, 1.3 million nursing assistants, 46,540 nurse anesthetists, 7,950 nurse midwives and 632,020 licensed practical and vocational nurses working in the U.S., according to the most recent data shared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

An analysis of 35 professions on TikTok found nurses were the third-most popular profession represented, registerednursing.org reported June 6.

Five months after the Justice Department charged 25 people for allegedly selling thousands of fake nursing degrees, nurses with annulled licenses because of the scheme told The Philadelphia Inquirer they were scammed. 

A Tennessee woman is accused of telling two emergency room patients she was a nurse and they were being discharged from the hospital, ABC affiliate WTVC reported June 27.

Nurse retention and happiness are top of mind for many leaders among an increase in strikes and nurses leaving the profession.

A national pause on nurse green cards has left thousands of international healthcare workers in limbo, with hospitals working diligently to stay connected with their prospective employees, NPR affiliate KCUR reported June 27.

There is no denying that nurses have undergone significant changes in the past several years, from pre-COVID times to the present. This has impacted the industry, with staffing shortages, caregiver burnout, and the need to adopt new hiring and retention strategies. To address these issues, it is crucial for healthcare leaders to listen to their organization’s needs and the caregivers’ voices.

Nursing leaders may be focused on the mounting nursing challenges of the day — nurse-to-patient ratios, shortages, burnout and incidents of violence against caregivers in hospitals — but the one issue that must always be center stage is patient safety. 

Labouré College of Healthcare, a private college in Milton, Mass., will shut down its nursing program this December, following a decision from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing, Fox affiliate WFXT reported June 20.

University of Arkansas-Fort Smith will expand its nursing program thanks to a $10 million gift from the Windgate Foundation, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported June 26.

Nurses who are considering a career move — whether due to nursing-patient-ratios, burnout or even that they've found that bedside nursing is not bringing them the joy it once did — have options other than leaving the profession entirely.