Nursing

Amid a nationwide nursing shortage exacerbated by the pandemic, Columbus, Miss.-based Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle is now offering a $5,000 signing bonus during the hiring process, local CBS affiliate WCBI reported Dec. 30. 

A nurse in Augusta, Ga., applied to renew her nursing license in October and is still waiting for the Secretary of State's office to process it, local NBC affiliate WRDW reported Dec. 29. 

Gayana Chuklansev, RN, an intensive care unit nurse in Los Angeles, issued an emotional plea in a TikTok last week about the conditions at her hospital and urged people to stay home, NBC News reports. As of Dec. 29, the…

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

A story about nursing earning the top spot as the most trusted profession in the U.S. was Becker's most-read nursing story this year.

Maryland health systems are again tapping nursing students to help out on the COVID-19 frontlines amid a surge in hospitalizations, reports The Washington Post. 

California is currently the only state with a nurse-to-patient ratio law, but a spike in COVID-19 patients led Gov. Gavin Newsom to relax the law earlier this month. Now, nurses are scrambling to care for more patients, reports NPR. 

This year has put nursing leaders to the test as they have worked to set up makeshift COVID-19 units, secure personal protective equipment for their teams and provide emotional support during some of the hardest moments of many nurses' careers.

Americans rated nurses as the most honest and ethical professionals for the 19th consecutive year, according to an annual Gallup poll. 

The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating a national nurse shortage, with many universities struggling to keep up with the growing demand for nurses, reports NPR and The Hechinger Report.