Amber Egyud, DNP, RN, has a unique view of healthcare as both chief nursing officer and chief operating officer of Chesapeake (Va.) Regional Healthcare. 

Capt. Janice Lufkin, RN, a retired decorated Navy nurse and former head nurse of the cardiac care unit at Philadelphia-based Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, died May 13 of heart failure, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported June 5.

Lisa Surratt, RN, a nurse in the intensive care unit at Quincy, Ill.-based Blessing Hospital, retired June 1 after 44 years.

A nurse couple saved a man whose heart stopped after suffering "low oxygen levels" in the middle of a flight to Baltimore, The Washington Post reported June 2.

Ypsilanti, Mich.-based Trinity Health Ann Arbor hosted a dedication ceremony May 19 for the Lavone A. "Shorty" Witting, RN, Perinatal Wellness Center, named for one of its nurses.

Nursing's economic value and the reimbursement of it has been neglected for decades, the American Nurses Association argues, and now it is pushing for key changes to restore how the profession is valued.

A California nurse executive suffered a near-fatal spinal cord injury after a tree limb cracked, fell and crushed her in a Costa Rica adventure park, according to a May 31 ABC7 report.

A federal grand jury has indicted an Indianapolis woman on several counts of fraud and identity theft in connection with the theft of a stolen LPN license used to obtain jobs at three nursing homes.

Hospitals are using reimbursement funds for profit and administration while neglecting patient care and nurse staffing efforts, an opinion piece published May 30 in Health Affairs contends. 

Time in the operating room. Overseeing a team of 12,000 nurses. Administrative work. Family time. This is just a glimpse into the day-to-day life of Mercy's chief nursing officer. 

The Massachusetts Nurses Association is questioning UMass Memorial Health's stated reasons for closing a maternity ward in Leominster, Mass.

Racism and discrimination — from both patients and colleagues — are widespread in the nursing industry, but few nurses report such incidents, new survey findings from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation revealed. 

ECU Health in Greenville, N.C., has developed its own internal travel nurse staffing agency, according to a May 30 news release.

When Danielle McCamey, DNP, CRNP, founded DNPs of Color in 2020, she wanted to create an organization that could move the needle in terms of diversity, equity and inclusion in healthcare — not just offer more lip service to reiterate the challenges affecting patients in marginalized communities.

Wooster (Ohio) Community Hospital removed the Bachelor of Science in Nursing requirement for new hires, The Daily Record reported May 28.

Boston-based Mass General Brigham received more than $5.8 million from the Labor Department to expand its nurse educator program.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai saw a need to offer support for newly hired nurses who have experience, but not in a hospital setting to help them transition, which prompted it to launch the Diversity Equity and Inclusion Transition to Practice Program.

Johnson & Johnson has selected teams of nurse executives and directors from 10 health systems and hospitals around the country to participate in its year-long fellowship program, according to a May 24 news release. 

The strike earlier this year by 7,000 nurses at two large New York City hospitals shines a light on the crisis caused by persistent nurse staffing shortages, not due exclusively to the pandemic. Nurse vacancy rates are at all-time highs with most hospitals (51.4%) reporting rates over 15%. The industry knew well before the pandemic that the shortage was coming as the number of nurses reaching retirement age outpaced the number of nurses entering the profession. Add to that the swell of aging baby boomers, and the U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the U.S. needs more than 275,000 additional nurses from 2020 to 2030.

The National Council of State Boards of Nursing has tapped its chief operating officer, Philip Dickison, PhD, RN, to become its next CEO.