Nursing
Nurse burnout is often framed as a staffing or clinical issue. Data from a national survey of more than 2,600…
Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health now allows certified nurse midwives to practice at the top of their license as of April. Midwives with at least two years and 4,000 hours of clinical experience will now be able to admit patients to…
Barbara Nichols, DL(h), DSc(h), PedD(h), MSN, RN, FAAN, a nursing trailblazer and transformational leader, died following a nursing career spanning more than 60 years, according to a July 22 American Nurses Association news release. Ms. Nichols served as the first…
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers approved an emergency rule July 16 to allow qualified registered nurses without a master’s degree to teach clinical nursing courses, as part of a push to ease the state’s nursing workforce shortage. Mr. Evers announced the…
For two years, nurses have battled artificial intelligence mostly at the bargaining table. A proposed set of AI billing codes has now opened a new front: how the technology is reimbursed. The American Medical Association is pushing to create billing…
The American Medical Association’s push to create new billing codes for autonomous AI is drawing concern from nursing leaders, who argue hospitals could soon be reimbursed for clinical work performed by algorithms while registered nurses remain excluded from direct payment…
Most health systems have rules meant to keep fatigue in check: caps on consecutive shifts, minimum rest between them, limits on overtime. But those safeguards stop at a single employer’s walls. When a nurse hits the ceiling at one hospital…
San Francisco-based UCSF Health has received the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation’s 2026 Employer Recognition Award. UCSF Health representatives were presented with the award May 15 at the Oncology Nursing Society’s annual meeting, according to a June 3 news release from…
First-time, U.S.-educated candidates passed the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses at an 86.6% rate in 2025, with results ranging from 99.4% in Vermont to 78.6% in Florida. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s annual “NCLEX Examination…
Ohio became the 27th state to opt out of Medicare physician supervision requirements for certified registered nurse anesthetists. The change came with the passage of House Bill 52, which removed the requirement for CRNAs to practice under supervision. The bill…
Nurses with disabilities earned 12.2% lower annual wages than nurses without disabilities, even after accounting for demographic characteristics and hours worked, according to a study published June 27 in Health Affairs Scholar. Here are 4 things to know: