Nursing

The following Wyoming hospitals received the highest marks for nurse communication, according to the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores from CMS.

While the unprecedented nursing shortage is a national problem, safety-net hospitals, which provide care to millions of Americans, face its worst effects, The New York Times reported Jan. 23. 

Three leaders from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in Philadelphia have published an article outlining the actionable steps the school took to promote and integrate innovation into their nursing curriculum. 

Hospitals' reliance on travel workers is nothing new. The pandemic intensified it and highlighted the gap between full-time workers' pay and lucrative temporary contracts. 

Hospitals and health systems are increasingly partnering with nursing schools or offering academic financial assistance to bolster the nursing pipeline. While an influx of nursing students will eventually help address workforce issues, there will be at least a two-year lag…

A perfect storm of factors – aging workforce and patients, job burnout and the pandemic, to name a few - has contributed to the growing chasm of supply and demand in nursing, anticipating an estimated shortage of half a million…

Americans said nurses are the most honest and ethical professionals for the 20th consecutive year, according to an annual Gallup poll. 

Several colleges and universities have launched innovative nursing programs and partnerships to address persistent nursing shortages around the country.

Below are 14 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

Medscape's 2021 report on nurse career satisfaction, published Dec. 29, probed the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on career satisfaction, as well as nurse burnout and workplace violence against nurses.