Nursing

Aspen (Colo.) Valley Hospital has launched a residency program for local nurses with a two-fold aim of investing in the surrounding region and boosting nurse retention rates for new nurses.

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has recognized five clinicians with its 2023 Pioneering Spirit Awards and the Marguerite Rodgers Kinney Award for a Distinguished Career, the organization said April 11. 

To paraphrase famed entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie, you cannot push someone up a ladder if they are not willing to climb.

Nurses are rallying at Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital over patient safety concerns, nurses being sent home, and unsafe working conditions, Fox affiliate WHNS reported April 10.

The University of California Irvine is launching an online certificate program to prepare nurses for executive roles this summer.

Tiffany Dover, RN, did not intend to become a figurehead of the anti-vaccine movement when she received her first shot via a livestream in 2020, but the internet had very different plans, NBC News reported April 10. 

Jeff Gonzalez introduces the panel of anesthesiologists and explains two products from Pacer Biosciences, Xprl and Avera. He explains that the products are used for regional anesthesia and cryo neurolysis respectively. He also mentions other devices, such as the On-Q…

Five female leaders at Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health started their careers tending to patients at the bedside. But somewhere along their career tracks, all five set their sights on the top of the leadership ladder. 

It's an interesting time to step into a nursing leadership role in a new hospital — depending on where you've been and what you've been doing, it can actually be like jumping from the proverbial frying pan into the fire.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing students looking to take the National Council Licensure Examination had no choice but to perform all of their training in simulation labs due to social distancing guidelines.