Nursing
Nurse burnout is often framed as a staffing or clinical issue. Data from a national survey of more than 2,600…
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.
Many nurses are expressing concern about conditions in New York hospitals amid a major surge in COVID-19 patients, reports The New York Times.
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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…