Nursing
Nurse burnout is often framed as a staffing or clinical issue. Data from a national survey of more than 2,600…
A long-standing myth may help explain why so many newly graduated nurses leave the profession early. The myth? Practice-ready graduates. The solution? System-level readiness. The term “practice-ready” suggests that a nurse is ready to practice without further education or training…
Building shared governance for nurses does not depend on whether a hospital is unionized, according to the new system chief nursing officer of Concord (N.H.) Hospital Health System. Seanna Zimmerman, DNP, RN, joined the three-hospital system Aug. 24 from The…
Nearly one-third of newly licensed nurse practitioners in four states were educated at for-profit programs in 2024, up from 2.4% in 2010, a recent study found. The study, published Oct. 6 in Annals of Internal Medicine, analyzed 117,156 nurse practitioners…
A bedside nurse facing competing demands may have to weigh spending their time building a discharge plan for one patient against attending to another patient’s immediate needs. But at Owensboro Health, much of that first job now goes to a…
Some HCA Healthcare nurses say Timpani, an AI-enabled scheduling tool built on Palantir software, ignores their shift preferences and leaves units short on experienced staff, Wired reported Oct. 2. Wired interviewed six nurses who work at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare,…
The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing named three hospitals and health systems as winners of its 2026 National Certification Champion Award on Oct. 6. The award honors organizations that support, recognize and reward registered nurses who earn and keep…
Most of the highest-paying cities for nurses reside on the country’s coastlines, according to an Oct. 2 report from nurse.org. Nurse.org, a news and educational website focused on the nursing profession, used the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for wage…
Only 17 states have laws that provide full protection to nurses assaulted on the job, according to a Nurse.org analysis. The website reviewed statutes, session laws and administrative rules across 50 states and the District of Columbia to identify laws…
A total of 586 hospitals earned five-star ratings for nurse communication, according to CMS’ Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems data. CMS shares 10 HCAHPS star ratings based on publicly reported HCAHPS measures. For nurse communication, data from…
In 2022, the American Nurses Credentialing Center launched the Magnet with Distinction program to recognize the world’s highest-performing Magnet organizations. Since then, 118 hospitals in the U.S. and eight in other countries have earned the designation. The ANCC, a subsidiary…