Nursing
Nurse burnout is often framed as a staffing or clinical issue. Data from a national survey of more than 2,600…
The national nurse faculty shortage is a growing issue with which hospitals, health systems and states are grappling. Currently, universities and health systems are opening and expanding their nursing programs to meet the demand of students seeking to enter the…
Conversations about closing nursing skill gaps tend to start with the new nurse: more simulation hours, a longer orientation, a slower ramp-up to a full patient load. A three-year, $75 million grant administered by the Arizona State Board of Nursing…
Certified registered nurse anesthetists in Vermont can now deliver anesthesia care without physician supervision. In a July 2 letter, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott told CMS the state will opt-out of federal physician supervision requirements, making it the 26th state to…
Health systems are squandering the research potential of nurses who split their time between the bedside and the lab, a Penn Nursing scholar argued in a letter published July 4 in The Lancet. Kathryn Connell, PhD, RN, an assistant professor…
At Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System, nurses are an integral part of AI tool co-design and implementation, especially the skeptics and hesitant users. If front-line workers are not a part of AI tool co-design and implementation, there is a…
The country’s third-largest nonprofit health system, Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health, is rebuilding nursing degree programs to close a gap chief nursing officers know all too well: new graduates who tested well in school, but stall at the bedside. Advocate wants…
First-time, U.S.-educated candidates passed the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses at an 86.7% rate in 2025, with results ranging from 92.9% in North Dakota to 77.8% in Alaska. The figures come from newly released data in the National…
In 2022, the American Nurses Credentialing Center launched the Magnet with Distinction program to recognize the world’s highest performing Magnet organizations. Since then, 96 hospitals in the U.S. and one in Saudi Arabia have achieved the designation. The ANCC, a subsidiary…
There’s a widening gap between what a nursing degree certifies and what a hospital unit actually demands in practice, nursing leaders say. New nurses are arriving on the job less prepared for the nuances and complexity of clinical care, leaving…
Registered nurse candidates passed the National Council Licensure Examination-RN exam at a 74.4% rate in the first half of 2026, already surpassing the exam’s entire 2025 pass rate, according to new data from the National Council of State Boards of…