Nursing

Here are five recent lawsuits filed by nurses that Becker's has covered since Aug. 17: 

Although the workforce crisis has challenged health systems for years, recent statistics are sobering. Two in five nurses are thinking about leaving healthcare over the next two years and four million nurses are expected to retire by 2030.

The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith will double its nursing program after a $9.9 million donation, it said Oct. 2.

Sylvain Trepanier, DNP, RN, system chief nursing officer of Renton, Wash.-based Providence, is one of four nurse leaders joining the American Organization for Nursing Leadership's board, the organization said Sept. 29.

Below are seven hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

Press Ganey has appointed Nora Warshawsky, PhD, RN, as nurse scientist to oversee nursing research and work with clients to help them better address the biggest challenges facing today's nurse leaders, the healthcare performance improvement group said Oct. 5. 

Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health has debuted an advice line that connects registered nurses with community members in need of guidance and treatment options. 

Columbia, S.C.-based Prisma Health invested $5 million into pilot nursing recruitment programs at five colleges across the state, WISTV reported Oct. 3.

The U.S. Labor Department invested $80 million of funding in support of nursing training programs Oct. 3.

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Nursing is extending a partnership with Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare to assist students in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.