Nursing
Nurse burnout is often framed as a staffing or clinical issue. Data from a national survey of more than 2,600…
Across the nation, hospitals and universities are implementing financial incentive programs to recruit new and experienced nurses. Many of these incentives were developed or enhanced in response to staffing challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, Candace Mori, PhD, RN, senior vice…
Nearly a dozen hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are hiring leaders to oversee nursing and patient care operations. Some of the nation’s largest systems — including Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare and Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health — are recruiting…
El Camino Health has long maintained relatively low nurse turnover compared to the national average. But like many hospitals across the country, the Mountain View, Calif.-based system saw nurse departures climb during the COVID-19 pandemic, peaking at 12.7% — the…
Before joining Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System in February as system chief nursing officer, Caren Lewis, BSN, RN, told Becker’s she quickly came to love the organization. Ms. Lewis’ career so far has spanned from Southern charm and hospitality —…
Philadelphia-based Drexel University and Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care have formed a workforce partnership designed to create clearer pathways into nursing roles, with a focus on strengthening the transition from education to practice. Under the agreement, Cooper employees interested…
WakeMed Raleigh (N.C.) has gone 20 consecutive months without a single workplace violence incident on its medical-surgical unit. It is all thanks to a program created by three nurse leaders. The program started with a partnership between med-surg and psychiatric…
The American Nurses Association has recognized men’s health nursing as a specialty in the profession. This makes nursing the first healthcare profession to define a nationally recognized men’s health specialty supported by a formal scope and standards document, according to…
Press Ganey has recognized Nancy Holecek, BSN, RN, executive vice president and chief nursing officer of RWJBarnabas Health, with its CNO of the Year Award. West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health announced the news of the award in a Feb. 20…
On April 1, the National Council Licensure Examination for registered nurses will include more competencies in care management and basic care and comfort, while most of the exam structure, scoring and content distribution is unchanged. New competencies include providing unbiased…
As Rush University Medical Center’s new chief nursing officer, Deana Sievert, DNP, RN, is zeroing in on a challenge that many growing health systems face: how to unify nursing practice across an expanding enterprise without sacrificing clarity, efficiency or quality.…