Nursing

About 71 percent of young nurses said they felt overwhelmed over the past year, according to survey results published March 10 — just ahead of the March 11 anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic's start. 

Below are 16 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

Below are the stories of some nurses saving lives outside the workplace: 

The University of Mobile (Ala.) is bringing the state its first doctor of nurse anesthesia practice program. The first cohort is expected to begin in August, the university said Feb. 25.

Press Ganey named Jeffrey Doucette, DNP, RN, as its chief nursing officer. He will start April 26. 

A Utah intensive care unit nurse was released from Gainesville, Fla.-based UF Health Shands Hospital after a severe COVID-19 infection left her needing a double lung transplant, CBS4 Miami reported Feb. 22. 

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health and Jacksonville University have launched a second-degree, 12-month BSN nursing program expected to start this fall. 

Patients seeking dialysis treatment are flocking to Houston Methodist's emergency departments amid water shortages and power outages linked to winter storms in the state, president and CEO Marc Boom, MD, told CNN Feb. 19.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis honored Toni Moses, RN, a nurse at UCHealth in Greeley, during the annual state of the state address Feb. 17, local CBS4 reports. 

Nursing schools last year saw a 6 percent increase in enrollment in bachelor's degree nursing programs, to 250,856, according to a survey cited Feb. 18 by Kaiser Health News.