Nursing
Nurse burnout is often framed as a staffing or clinical issue. Data from a national survey of more than 2,600…
Hospital beds are nearly full and waiting times in emergency departments across the U.S. are often untenable. However, April Kapu, DNP, president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, recently told Becker's that nurse practitioners can provide solutions for hospitals…
A bill passed in Oregon in 2019 may soon make it so community colleges can offer four-year traditional baccalaureate degrees, including a Bachelor of Science in nursing — but despite a national nursing shortage, some are not sure this effort…
In recent months, several health systems have rolled out virtual nurse initiatives or said they plan to do so as a way to recruit and retain nurses.
Here are five nurses who have made headlines for their leadership efforts on and off the job since mid-August:
Lexington Medical Center plans to build a 52,000-square-foot nursing simulation center and teaching facility at its campus in West Columbia, S.C., the hospital said Feb. 16.
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has already onboarded more than 130 of the 800 internationally educated nurses the system is looking to hire to help offset nursing shortage challenges.
Tennessee has the most active nurse practitioners of any state per capita, while Hawaii has the fewest, according to a ranking from Kaiser Family Foundation.
Stone Academy, a for-profit healthcare college in West Haven, Conn., will close all three of its campus locations immediately after failing to address multiple compliance issues, according to a Feb. 14 press release from the Connecticut Department of Public Health.
We spoke with RLDatix’s Chief Clinical and Services Officer, Inge Garrison, about the staffing crisis across the healthcare continuum. She shared her outlook, along with some thoughts on how technology might be able to help.
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Florida's Commission for Independent Education has ordered seven nursing schools allegedly tied to the fraudulent degree scandal to pause graduation and enrollment activities through March, the state confirmed to Becker's Feb. 15.