A growing number of nurse practitioners are pursuing a year of clinical and other training, frequently in primary care, to sharpen their skills, Kaiser Health News reports.
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Here are 20 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking nurses in the last week.
Los Angeles is calling on Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and the union representing 55,000 Kaiser employees to collaborate on keeping and growing healthcare jobs in the Woodland Hills, Hollywood and North Hollywood communities.
The city of Roseville, Calif., anticipates a job boom as healthcare giants Kaiser Permanente, Adventist Health and Sutter Health expand in the area, reports The Sacramento Bee.
Burnout continues to be an issue that plagues healthcare leaders, according to the Medical Group Management Association's most recent MGMA Stat poll.
Inova Health System in Falls Church, Va., plans to enter a joint home care partnership with Dayton, Ohio-based Alternate Solutions Health Network, resulting in the potential layoff of about 60 employees, reports the Washington Business Journal.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Meharry Medical College, one of the oldest and largest historically black academic health science centers in the U.S., reduced its workforce by about 6.5 percent, reports The Tennessean.
The following healthcare layoffs were reported by Becker's Hospital Review in June. The list below begins with the most recent layoffs.
A number of healthcare organizations were named among the top companies that posted on Monster in the first half of this year, according to the job site's 2018 midyear jobs report.
Employers are seeking registered nurses above all other positions posted on the job site Monster in the first half of this year.