Nursing

Lisa Surratt, RN, a nurse in the intensive care unit at Quincy, Ill.-based Blessing Hospital, retired June 1 after 44 years.

This episode features Dr. Barbara Willis, Chief Nursing Officer at Desert Winds Hospital. Here, she discusses her background, challenges surrounding behavioral health training, typical length of stay in a behavioral health hospital for adolescents, advice for emerging leaders, and more.

This episode features Michelle Charles, Senior Vice President & Chief Nurse Informatics Officer/Virtual Care at Parkview Health. Here, she discusses her background in nursing & what led her to her current role, Parkview’s focus on both patient and clinician wellness,…

A nurse couple saved a man whose heart stopped after suffering "low oxygen levels" in the middle of a flight to Baltimore, The Washington Post reported June 2.

Ypsilanti, Mich.-based Trinity Health Ann Arbor hosted a dedication ceremony May 19 for the Lavone A. "Shorty" Witting, RN, Perinatal Wellness Center, named for one of its nurses.

Nursing's economic value and the reimbursement of it has been neglected for decades, the American Nurses Association argues, and now it is pushing for key changes to restore how the profession is valued.

A California nurse executive suffered a near-fatal spinal cord injury after a tree limb cracked, fell and crushed her in a Costa Rica adventure park, according to a May 31 ABC7 report.

A federal grand jury has indicted an Indianapolis woman on several counts of fraud and identity theft in connection with the theft of a stolen LPN license used to obtain jobs at three nursing homes.

Hospitals are using reimbursement funds for profit and administration while neglecting patient care and nurse staffing efforts, an opinion piece published May 30 in Health Affairs contends. 

Time in the operating room. Overseeing a team of 12,000 nurses. Administrative work. Family time. This is just a glimpse into the day-to-day life of Mercy's chief nursing officer.