Nursing

More than 325,000 nurse practitioners were licensed to practice in the U.S. as of December 2020, marking a new high, according to an estimate the American Association of Nurse Practitioners released May 4.

Critical care nurses' overall health is related to the number of medical errors they report, according to new research published May 1 in the American Journal of Critical Care.

Below are 15 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

Hospitals across the country are grappling with nurse shortages as the pandemic continues to change the healthcare system as we know it.   

Jennifer Bridges, RN, a nurse at Houston Methodist Hospital, doesn't want the COVID-19 vaccine, which is now required to keep her job, and has started a Change.org petition to garner support against the policy, reports CBS affiliate KHOU. 

Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center has received a $3.8 million grant  from the Bower Foundation that will go to creating healthcare administrators and community college nursing educators, reports CBS affiliate WJTV. 

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

Female nurses are about two times more likely to die by suicide compared to the general female population, according to a study published April 14 in JAMA Psychiatry. 

Twenty-seven states and Washington, D.C., grant nurse practitioners full practice authority as soon as they earn their licenses, according to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass., has selected Katherine Gregory, PhD, MSN, RN, an associate CNO at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital, to serve as dean of its Connell School of Nursing, effective July 1.