Nursing

The nursing shortage has passed the point of being a pipeline problem. It is now a structural one — driven by clinical placement constraints, rising student volumes and a growing gap between what new graduates can do and what hospitals…

The nursing workforce is projected to split in two by 2038, with some roles forecasted to exceed demand and others predicted to fall short. Becker’s gathered data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Health Resources and Services Administration’s…

On June 25, nearly 500 nurses will converge on Capitol Hill for the American Nurses Association’s annual Hill Day, pushing Congress to reverse a Department of Education rule set to take effect July 1 that excludes advanced nursing from the…

Nurses enrolled in school or who held graduate degrees were more likely to leave their roles than other nurses, according to a new study. The study, published June 5 in Health Affairs Scholar, analyzed the latest National Sample Survey of…

Healthcare leaders have sophisticated calculations to determine the cost of nurse turnover, but there is no model to estimate the societal cost of a nurse leaving the profession, Judy Davidson, DNP, RN, a nurse scientist and associate professor at Columbus-based…

Young nurses are no longer the most burned-out group in the profession, a significant reversal from 2022 when nurses under 35 were the workforce’s most stressed and most likely to quit, according to a study published in the Journal of…

An independent investigation into the cases of 11 current and former nurses at Newton (Mass.)-Wellesley Hospital who were found to have tumors concluded the tumors were not associated with the workplace, the Boston Herald reported June 14. An investigation was…

Virginia will shift oversight of several nursing scholarship programs to the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority after state officials found that millions of dollars allocated to the programs had gone unused, according to a June 9 report from Cardinal News.…

The share of men in the U.S. registered nursing workforce increased from 8% in 2015 to 11.2% in 2022 before declining to 10.4% in 2024, according to the AACN’s Nursing Workforce Fact Sheet, updated in May.  The picture on a…

Fifteen percent of nurses are working a second job, according to the 2026 Nurse.org State of Nursing Survey. Another estimate puts this at 50%.  This can create a patient safety blind spot that health system leaders are largely not equipped…