• NYC's public health system hired 1,000+ nurses in 8 months

    NYC Health + Hospitals, New York City's public healthcare system, has hired more than 1,000 new union nurses over the past eight months, reducing its reliance on travel nurses. 
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  • Florida system created nurse manager council to retain staff — here's how it worked

    During the pandemic, Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System realized it could face a potential crisis in terms of nurse manager retention.
  • Job seekers more willing to relocate in early 2024

    More job seekers relocated for new positions in the first quarter of this year compared to the previous quarter, though rates remain historically low overall, according to a May 16 report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas. 
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  • A disconnect between healthcare leaders, workers

    A recent Indeed survey suggests that many workers do not intend to leave healthcare entirely, but rather break ties from individual employers due to dissatisfaction with the job, a recent Indeed survey suggests. The survey also cites a gap in perception between what the workers find important and what management thinks they find important.
  • More NPs, PAs move into specialty care

    Although the number of nurse practitioners and physician associates who work in primary care continues to rise, an increasing number of these advanced practitioners are shifting into speciality care, according to a Milbank Memorial Fund report.
  • Healthcare workers call for greater enforcement of New York clinical staffing law

    Unionized healthcare workers came together May 13 to address New York state's clinical staffing law, which they say is not being enforced aggressively enough by the New York State Department of Health.
  • Lawmakers reintroduce Stop Nurse Shortages Act

    Two U.S. lawmakers on May 9 reintroduced a bill that would create a federal grant program for nursing schools to stand up or expand accelerated degree programs geared toward individuals with an undergraduate degree in another field. 
  • Sutter Health, SF State partner to expand student clinical placement

    Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has partnered with San Francisco State University to expand clinical placement opportunities for nursing students.
  • US weekly jobless claims highest in 8 months

    In the week ended May 4, the Labor Department reported weekly unemployment claims hit 231,000, an increase of 22,000 from the previous week and the highest number of jobless claims since August at 234,000.
  • Hospitals confront surgical tech shortage

    Surgeons' co-pilots are in shortage. 
  • Nurses advocate for DHS STEM designation

    Some nurses are pushing for federal agencies to recognize the vocation as a STEM profession, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported April 30. 
  • Open communication is key to retaining nurses, CNO says

    For Rhonda Thompson, DNP, chief nursing officer and senior vice president of patient care services at Phoenix Children's Hospital, tackling ongoing nursing challenges like labor shortage and workforce wellbeing starts with one simple task: communication. 
  • Hospital plans to recruit 100 nursing techs this summer

    University Medical Center New Orleans, part of New Orleans-based LCMC Health, has shared a goal to recruit and employ 100 nursing technicians this summer through its Nurturing the Future of Nursing Program.
  • 10 states with most physician assistants

    The number of board certified physician assistants/associates grew 87% over 10 years, from  95,583 at the end of 2013 to 178,708 by the end of 2023.
  • Gen Z's growing debt problem

    Americans in their 20s are starting their adult lives with more credit card debt than previous generations, largely due to rising food and housing costs and student loan debt, economists and financial advisors told The Wall Street Journal in a May 7 report. 
  • AdventHealth has hired 10,000 nurses in 4 years

    Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has hired 10,000 registered nurses since 2020 across its central Florida hospitals and other healthcare locations in an effort to improve recruitment and retention efforts.
  • Alabama to open healthcare high school in 2026

    The Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences, a tuition-free public high school, is set to open in Demopolis in fall 2026. 
  • Relief fund created for healthcare workers displaced by tornadoes

    The Nebraska Hospital Association established a relief fund to support hospital employees who were affected by tornadoes April 26.
  • Healthcare's latest job growth in 7 numbers

    Healthcare employment continued to grow in certain areas of the sector last month, showing growth on top of March's numbers. 
  • Noncompete ban complicates hospital staffing issues: Fitch

    The Federal Trade Commission's final rule banning noncompete clauses could hit nonprofit hospitals with more staffing complications at a time when they are still adapting to the upward reset of wages and have only begun to rein in labor costs, according to a May 2 report by Fitch Ratings. 

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