Nursing
Nurse burnout is often framed as a staffing or clinical issue. Data from a national survey of more than 2,600…
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…
More than two months after California’s new nurse-to-patient staffing ratios for freestanding acute psychiatric hospitals took effect, state lawmakers are pushing regulators to loosen a rule that hospital leaders said has closed beds and destabilized the nursing workforce. Becker’s has been…
New Orleans-based Ochsner Health has run some form of virtual nursing for more than 15 years. Its chief nursing officer said the model is only starting to reshape how care is delivered. Ochsner began virtual nursing in the critical care…
The County of Santa Clara in California is seeking a chief nursing executive to lead nursing and patient care services throughout the Santa Clara Valley Health enterprise. “We’re seeking a strong, mission-driven nursing leader to guide our clinical teams and…
The American Nurses Association has recognized five new nursing specialties since 2020, including two this year, as the profession formalizes practice areas ranging from cannabis care to blood management. Each recognition establishes a scope and standards document defining the specialty’s…
Two years ago, Intermountain Health leaders noticed a gap on both ends of the nursing career path: Experienced bedside nurses had no way to advance without leaving direct patient care, and nurses promoted into their first management role often wanted…
The American Nurses Association recognized patient blood management nursing as a nursing specialty. The June 17 announcement means that PBM nursing is an officially recognized specialty with a scope and standards document defining practice, according to a Society for the…
St. Louis-based Ascension is using three strategies to turn advanced nursing education into long-term retention. Nurses enrolled in school or who held graduate degrees were more likely to leave their roles, according to a recent study — a paradox that…
Ascension has identified four critical factors in mid-career nurse burnout that are often overlooked. Mid-career nurses, defined as those with five to 15 years of experience, are now the most burned-out group, a finding that comes as no surprise to…
Mid-career nurses, defined as those with five to 15 years of experience, are now the most burned-out group, a finding that comes as no surprise to nurse leaders. At about three to five years of experience, nurses become very comfortable…