The nursing program at Decatur, Ill.-based Richland Community College received a $3.2 million grant to address a nursing shortage in central Illinois, according to a Sept. 29 report from CBS affiliate WCIA.
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The Texas Department of State Health Services provided $21 million to fund emergency medical service scholarships to help interested Texans complete education and training to begin careers in the EMS field.
While U.S. hybrid employees are in various roles within companies, managers are struggling the most with this working model, Gallup finds.
Four out of 10 Americans, or 38 percent, believe there is a significant difference between the culture their workplace claims to have and reality.
The University of Iowa in Iowa City has teamed up with Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for a new three-plus-one nursing program, ABC affiliate KCRG reported Sept. 20.
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The U.S. Census Bureau released a new report Sept. 22 examining domestic migration patterns of Americans aged 65 and older living in the U.S.
More than 1,430 (82 percent) of Atlanta Medical Center workers affected by the facility's impending closure have accepted job offers at other Wellstar Health System facilities, the organization confirmed in a statement shared with Becker's.
The California Department of Health Care Access and Information approved $40.8 million in grants to 20 organizations to support underrepresented students, according to a Sept. 21 news release.
Throughout the pandemic, hospitals and health systems have implemented COVID-19 vaccination requirements for employees, citing a need to protect patients, workers and the communities they serve. The list continued to grow once CMS announced its vaccination mandate covering healthcare facilities…
In recent months, the term "quiet quitting" has gained traction on social media, referring to a phenomenon in which workers reduce their enthusiasm at work and stick to the minimum expectations of their role. The exact phrase has particularly caught on…