While 59% of Generation Z employees say their full range of skills is “underutilized” in their current roles, only 33% of executives feel the same about their entry-level staff, according to a May 15 LinkedIn News post. Gen Zers’ belief…
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The PA profession grew 27.8% over the last five years, reaching 189,907 board-certified PAs at the end of 2024, according to the latest NCCPA Statistical Profile of Board Certified PAs released May 12. NCCPA’s annual report, now in its 12th…
Two Democratic senators and a representative reintroduced a bill May 12 that would create minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios at hospitals across the country. Sens. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Rep. Jan Shakowsky, D-Ill., reintroduced the Nurse Staffing Standards…
At AdventHealth East Florida Division, 100% of graduate nurses in its residency program remained with the organization after one year in 2024. For Michele Goeb-Burkett, MSN, RN, senior vice president and chief nursing officer of the division, that strong retention…
Fully remote workers are the most likely group to be engaged at work, but they are also less likely than hybrid workers to be thriving, according to a May 8 article from Gallup. While 31% of remote employees globally are…
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Unlimited paid time off is starting to gain traction in the U.S., including at some hospitals and health systems. While still relatively rare, 7% of U.S. organizations now offer unlimited PTO, up from 1% in 2014, according to human resources…
Clinical roles are among the 10 fastest-growing jobs for new graduates with bachelor’s degrees, according to a May 7 analysis from LinkedIn. To compile the list, LinkedIn analyzed anonymized data from millions of member profiles and job postings between 2022…
If advanced practice provider employment growth continues at current rates, non-physician clinicians and physicians will soon make up equal parts of the nation’s provider workforce, according to Kaufman Hall’s latest Physician Flash Report. APPs now account for 41% of providers…
Investing in the workforce of tomorrow is crucial for any health system — and Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System’s investment strategy has one focus: value. At its core, this approach centers on the quintuple aims of driving value in healthcare —…
Columbia University is laying off 180 researchers whose work was funded by now-terminated federal grants. The New York City-based university attributed the layoffs to increasing budget constraints and uncertainty regarding future research funding levels. “We have had to make deliberate,…