Nursing

Here are four nurses who have made headlines for their leadership efforts on and off the job since Sept. 19: 

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health and the Loyola University New Orleans College of Nursing and Health will open a $1.9 million nursing simulation laboratory Oct. 1. 

Nursing schools are enacting changes to their programs to meet the high demand for nurse practitioners, Fortune reported Sept. 27. 

Medical City Healthcare affiliate Galen College of Nursing plans to open a new nursing school campus in North Texas, according to a Sept. 27 news release.

A chain of primary care clinics in Minneapolis is responding to the nation's physician shortage with a unique model: staffing nurse practitioners only, Medscape reported Sept. 23.

Three hospitals received Magnet designation for the first time in August, while another five were redesignated, according to the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Here are five moves from nurses unions across the country that Becker's has covered since Aug. 31:

Phoenix-based Aspen University voluntarily surrendered its nursing program license Sept. 20 after notifying the Arizona State Board of Nursing that it cannot meet the minimum required first-time pass rate percentage on the national nursing exam. 

Colleges and universities have launched nursing programs and partnerships to address persistent shortages around the country.

Healthcare workforce shortages of nurses and other workers are nearing a crisis point as a result of retention challenges, issues around pay differentials and overall costs for contract nurses, combined with an aging workforce.