Nursing

Nurse retention remains a major challenge for U.S. hospitals, as emotional fatigue and generational differences reshape how healthcare leaders support their nursing teams.  Becker’s spoke with seven health system nursing leaders about difficulties they encountered in addressing burnout and supporting…

Hartford, Ky.-based Ohio County Hospital has saved more than $40,000 a year by converting all of their nurses to salaried positions. The change came about during COVID, when 50% of night shift nurses in the medical-surgical unit were staying for…

NYC Health + Hospitals, an 11-hospital system based in New York City, has saved nearly $250 million through strategies to reduce nurse turnover costs and reliance on travel staff.  In 2024, the health system saved more than $150 million by…

Ascension has reached its highest nurse retention rate in five years — 81.96% — aided by its employee feedback tool Always On Listening, or AOL.  The tool helps address the “pebbles” in people’s shoes, according to Rob Rose, DNP, RN,…

Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health is building its own pipeline of clinical support staff through a new program that offers free training, certification and guaranteed employment to aspiring certified nursing assistants.  The goal of the CNA Advance Program is twofold: Develop…

Nurse scientists are a rare but growing role in hospitals that address not just research, but operational and patient care pain points. Nurse scientists, also referred to as nurse researchers, are nurses who have pursued a PhD and conduct research.…

The American Nurses Association expressed “alarm” over the abrupt removal of the CDC director and string of resignations among key leaders of the agency. These changes, along with liaisons being removed from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, raise critical…

In the last few years, hospital leaders have been faced with a tangled web of needs: easing nurse shortages, retaining nurses, and helping all pursue their career dreams. Their solutions all come down to nurse education. Health systems have been…

Since the pandemic, there has been a growing number of people who are falsely claiming to be licensed nurses or working without valid credentials, The Washington Post reported Aug. 28. Here is what to know: 1. Often referred to as…

Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health is calling for public health nurses to receive formal recognition as a distinct occupation from registered nurses. Published in Nursing Outlook, the study compared PHNs with other nurses by analyzing data from the…