Nursing
Nurse burnout is often framed as a staffing or clinical issue. Data from a national survey of more than 2,600…
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…
The American Nurses Association named Anita Girard, DNP, RN, president. Dr. Girard will serve as ANA’s 39th president starting Jan. 1, according to a June 27 association news release. She will focus on implementing the association’s 2026-2030 strategic plan. Dr.…
Patients who received virtual nurse discharges had a 72% relative reduction in readmission compared to traditional, in-person discharges, a recent study found. The study, published June 12 in NPJ Digital Medicine, analyzed 4,662 adult patient discharges from inpatient units at…
Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health, one of the biggest U.S. health systems with 69 hospitals, is building a workforce pipeline with the nation’s largest nursing school. The system is collaborating with Chamberlain University, which is teaching about 40,000 students across 24…
Why the nursing workforce crisis won't be solved without rebuilding academic-practice partnerships
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…