The second cohort of nurses training in Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association's transition to practice program has commenced, the organization announced June 25.

Nurse educators are notably in high demand, but the desire to become one has been generally low in recent years. 

The International Council of Nurses, an organization of more than 130 national nurses associations, is warning about some high-income countries recruiting nurses from vulnerable countries with critical health worker shortages. 

A New York supportive housing nonprofit organization cut emergency room visits of its residents in half and increased primary care use to 93%, Gothamist reported June 24.

The University of California San Francisco is ending its master's program for nurse midwives and moving to a doctorate program — and critics say it could make it harder for new midwives to enter the field, the San Francisco Chronicle reported June 23.

For Shannon Christian, MSN, RN, ensuring her team has a realistic view of the current state of the industry is a top priority.

About 51% of nurses said they are considering relocating to another state for a job, according to a Nurse.com report.

Across healthcare, efforts to advance documentation are often focused on enhancing physicians' workflow. But at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Hospital, leaders are equally focused on improving documentation in nursing. 

Too few nurses are going into advanced degree programs and onto becoming educators in the field, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. This prompted Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind., to revamp a nurse educator program to be more accessible, shorter and flexible.

The American Association of International Healthcare Recruitment is urging Congress to pass the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act amid concerns of a potential nurse visa freeze.

St. Louis-based SSM Health adopted a contract on-demand nursing model with workforce partner ShiftMed in 2023 to supplement gaps in staffing. Since then, the hospital has converted about 100 on-demand nurses into staff, chief nursing officer Jennifer Garnica, RN, BSN, told Becker's.

Nearly 1 in 5 staff nurses want to transition to travel nursing positions, a survey of 7,117 RNs found.

Bon Secours Hampton Roads (Va.) market has embraced flexible nursing with autonomous scheduling and float shifts between hospitals for years.

Supplementing gaps in nursing staff with lower-wage personnel like licensed practical nurses or aides can increase patient risks of readmission, death, longer stays and lower satisfaction, according to a study published June 10 in Medical Care.

It was a Saturday in August 2023 when Pascagoula, Miss.-based Singing River Health System experienced an outage of its electronic health records and related IT systems. "You have to joke about these things as you move past it, but we called it 'Red Saturday,'" Susan Russell, MSN, RN, Singing River's chief nursing officer, told Becker's. 

York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health is partnering with Jersey College to open a nursing school in South Central Pennsylvania.

Not only does the nursing profession have a shortage, but according to Gen Z social media users, the career path also has an image problem, a June 4 report from ShiftKey, a digital healthcare platform for providers, found.

Like many healthcare leaders, Stacie Call, MSN, RN, is excited by the prospects of artificial intelligence. But she also is concerned about patient safety and evolving regulations involving the technology.

Hospitals have been on a quest to give nurses more flexibility at work in order to retain employees and improve satisfaction and well-being. 

Fewer nurses plan to leave their jobs, according to a recent survey, but other studies find more areas where hospitals can improve.