Forty-one states and territories have joined the Nurse Licensure Compact, which allows registered nurses and licensed practical/vocational nurses to practice in person or via telehealth in all participating states under one multistate license.

Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System will spend $5 million on initiatives to mitigate the effects of nursing shortages, according to a July 27 report from the Philadelphia Business Journal. 

Amid increasing COVID-19 cases and an ongoing nurse shortage, several North Carolina hospitals are reporting hundreds of unfilled positions, reports WNCT-TV.

Below are 26 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

The Tennessee Board of Nursing stripped a former nurse at Nashville-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center of her license during a July 23 disciplinary hearing linked to her administering a fatal dose of medicine to a 75-year-old patient in 2017, the Tennesean reports. 

For Sophia Thomas, DNP, an unlikely spark lit her passion for nursing: a severe case of appendicitis at age 13.

Amid both a state and national nursing shortage, more than 50 nurses talked about the profession with NBC affiliate WYFF.

Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth has created a new nursing position as nursing demand rises.

Florence "SeeSee" Rigney, RN, retired from her role as a surgical nurse at Multicare Tacoma (Wash.) General Hospital this month at age 96.

Three people are accused of selling fake nursing transcripts and diplomas, which were then used by several individuals to obtain medical licenses, according to a July 16 news release from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland.

A Tennessee nurse had her license suspended due to alleged misconduct involving patients, reports CBS affiliate WREG-TV.

Nursing vacancies at University of Alabama at Birmingham have increased from 9 percent pre-pandemic to a current rate of 14 percent, reports CBS affiliate WIAT.

A registered nurse in California has been ordered to surrender her nursing license after pleading guilty July 14 to elder abuse, reports The Press-Enterprise.

A new committee made of nurses at several Florida hospitals will tackle systemic racism within the profession, reports the Florida Phoenix.

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has selected Beth Wathen, MSN, RN, to serve as its 52nd president for fiscal year 2022. Her term will begin July 1. 

National Nurses United urged CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, to reinstate the agency's recommendation that everyone wear masks in public, regardless of vaccination status, in a July 12 letter.

Jing Wang, PhD, MSN, will serve as dean of the college of nursing at Florida State University in Tallahassee, effective Aug. 16. 

An intensive care unit nurse at Cox Medical Center Branson (Mo.) shared what it's like to work on a COVID-19 unit amid a social media push that aims to educate the public about being a front-line worker in a pandemic, reports CBS affiliate KOLR.

Below are 24 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

Pennsylvania is now one of 36 states that offers a more flexible licensing option for nurses.