Nursing

The American Nurses Association urged the U.S. to declare the nursing shortage a national crisis in a Sept. 1 letter to HHS. 

The severe nationwide nursing shortage, exacerbated by the pandemic, is prompting some schools to launch accelerated bachelor's of science in nursing programs to help address the shortage.

Amid the summer 2021 COVID-19 surge, nurses are battling the virus under different circumstances than previous waves. They are grappling with exacerbated labor shortages as well as the delta variant and exhaustion that has taken a toll over the last…

Kapolei, Hawaii-based 'Ohana Health Plan named Michael McGrath, MD, as the insurer's behavioral health medical director, according to an Aug. 30 press release.

Bozeman-based Montana State University received a $101 million donation to support its nursing school.

Pay rate for travel nurses has risen rapidly during the pandemic, driven by demand and paid for in part with federal emergency funding, exacerbating an already existing nursing shortage, reports The Wall Street Journal.

Amid the latest COVID-19 wave, physicians at healthcare facilities in the South are reporting treating more pregnant women critically ill with the virus in intensive care units than at any point during the pandemic, according to NBC News.

Galen College of Nursing, part of Nashville-based HCA Healthcare, is opening a 47,700-square-foot nursing school campus in Nashville, the companies said Aug. 25. 

Three nurses wrote to The New York Times about the conditions they're working in after the news publication ran several stories about the profession amid COVID-19.   

Some Nebraska healthcare workers have received postcards from the state advertising nursing jobs with bonuses up to $5,000. The cards also read "No mandated COVID-19 vaccination," according to The Washington Post.