Nursing
Nurse burnout is often framed as a staffing or clinical issue. Data from a national survey of more than 2,600…
Phoenix-based Banner Health has cut the number of clicks a nurse needs to document a routine physical exam from more than 100 to fewer than 10 — without buying new technology. The change, going live across the system this month,…
On Sept. 8, the University of Rochester (N.Y.) renamed its nursing school the School of Nursing & Health Sciences, reflecting an expansion beyond nursing into interdisciplinary health professions. The change was driven by the school’s planned launch of a Doctor…
Call center nurses at Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente say the health system uses AI to monitor how long they spend on patient calls and presses them to move faster, CalMatters reported in July. Software flags calls that run longer than…
Salt Lake City-based Nightingale College filed a lawsuit against the California Board of Registered Nursing, saying the board’s application of two licensing standards is unlawful and preventing hundreds of students from taking the NCLEX-RN exam. The lawsuit, filed Aug. 24,…
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has achieved an 81% jump in new-hire nurse retention over the past year, alongside double-digit reductions in registered nurse turnover and resignation rates. The system’s first-year registered nurse turnover for beside nursing units with its virtually integrated…
Nurse fatigue is “not a personal failing but a predictable outcome of system failure,” the American Nurses Association said in a position statement that calls fatigue a shared responsibility but said employers must take the lead. The Silver Spring, Md.-based…
A nurse tiptoeing through a darkened unit on night rounds. A knowing groan about someone daring to say “the Q word” on shift. A bit about being humbled by hospital furniture. Three years after SSM Health wove its nurse recruitment…
When FMOL Health in Baton Rouge, La., began pushing ambient listening technology across its clinical teams roughly 18 months ago, the physician side was the primary focus. Nursing was separate and the technology needed adjustments to fit into their complex,…
Effective Feb. 1, the National Council Licensure Examination will have a $350 registration fee for test-takers in the U.S., an increase from the current $200 price. “This is the first adjustment to the NCLEX registration fee since 2000,” the National…
Pending regulatory approval, a Michigan university plans to revive a nursing school with the help of Trinity Health as a clinical partner. Siena Heights University in Adrian, Mich., closed after the 2025-26 school year. Its three accredited nursing programs may…