Nursing

Many nurses are expressing concern about conditions in New York hospitals amid a major surge in COVID-19 patients, reports The New York Times.

The Emergency Nurses Association said being vaccinated is "the world's way out of the pandemic," and encouraged all emergency nurses to get vaccinated in a Dec.15 news release. 

Sandra Lindsay, RN, a critical care nurse and intensive care unit director at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, became the first American to receive Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 14, reports The New York Times.

In order to improve patient care and alleviate nurses from routine overtime, healthcare organizations and lawmakers need to correct staffing shortages, one nurse wrote in an op-ed published in The Columbus Dispatch. 

The American Nurses Association is partnering with Al Roker Entertainment and HealthCom Media to create a multi-channel "American Nurse Heros" campaign spotlighting the true stories of nurses combating COVID-19. 

Nurses and healthcare workers have been spotlighted as heroes throughout the pandemic, but they've been susceptible to workplace violence and abuse for years with little done to prevent it, a Dec. 10 investigation from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel found. 

For many nurses across the country, the nearly yearlong battle against COVID-19 has brought on some of the toughest times of their career and unimaginable strain. Seven intensive care unit nurses from hard hit areas spoke to The Washington Post…

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners' board of directors has selected Joe Fanning to serve as CEO, the organization said Dec. 9.  

Registered nursing is currently the most in-demand career in Minnesota, followed by nursing assistants, reports the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.

A Tennessee nurse has been criminally charged with violating public health orders after hosting a large house party on Halloween, reports The Tennessean.