Nursing

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare is partnering with Quinnipiac University to launch a two-year, part-time educational program aimed at helping mid-career professionals transition into nursing. Set to begin in April, the program is designed for current employees and prospective candidates with a…

Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health is collaborating with Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing to offer a guaranteed admission pathway for registered nurses to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. VCU Health nurses who hold a diploma or associate degree…

In July 2022, WVU Medicine President and CEO Albert Wright Jr., PharmD, told Becker’s he wanted to start an associate degree nursing program. A month later, Melanie Heuston, DNP, RN, joined as the system’s chief nursing executive — and realized…

Traditionally, diversity is spoken about in terms of racial differences. But systems are expanding the way they approach diversity, especially in nurse leadership. For Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter’s Health Partners, diversity includes greater gender representation. Its nursing director team is…

The Tennessee Court of Appeals on March 20 denied RaDonda Vaught’s bid to have her nursing license reinstated, according to reports from NBC affiliate WSMV and ABC affiliate WKRN.  Ms. Vaught was convicted in March 2022 of criminally negligent homicide…

Hospitals across California are short about 40,000 full-time nurses, but many state-run universities only accept 1% of nurse applicants, the San Francisco Chronicle reported March 22. Nursing is notoriously difficult to get into at 17 of the 20 California state…

Essentia Health, a 14-hospital system based in Duluth, Minn., rolled out its virtual nursing model systemwide in January 2024.  Three things to know:  1. The system provides virtual nursing support during some admissions and discharges. Eligible patients must be alert,…

In the U.S., 77% of counties with a shortage of mental healthcare providers and universities have been drawing upon psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner programs to fill that gap, NC Health News reported March 18. Here are five things to…

On March 11, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses published the first standalone guidance tailored to progressive care nurses. 

Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System is embracing a shared faculty model to boost interest in nurse educator roles.