Nursing

Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is unveiling a new institute Nov. 1 aimed at shifting the perception of nurses from a "necessary cost" to a "valued asset," the Baltimore-based university said.

Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque, N.M., ranked highest in the country for nurse organizational support, an MIT Sloan Management Review report found.

MIT Sloan Management Review published a "Nursing Satisfaction Index" that shows how nurses at 200 of the largest healthcare employers in the U.S. rate employee experience.

U.S. nurses can now become certified in two additional specialties: burn nursing and cannabis.

An anonymous donor has gifted $11.1 million to Yale School of Nursing in New Haven, Conn., marking the single largest donation in the school's history. The university has committed to match the gift, according to an Oct. 25 news release. 

Dianne Aroh, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer at Tacoma, Wash.-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, is passionate about turning every challenge into an opportunity.

A nurse residency program that was rolled out in New York City in 2019 has trained 5,000 nurses, Mayor Eric Adams announced in a press release. 

Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans, Vt., created an employee-to-nurse pipeline to ease its nurse shortage, ABC affiliate WCAX reported Oct. 24.

About four months into a virtual nursing pilot, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Ill., is seeing positive feedback from patients. 

Travel nurses and other contingent staff play a crucial role in improving health services in hospitals, clinics and other healthcare facilities. However, their role is frequently misunderstood and their skill set is often undervalued.