Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing students looking to take the National Council Licensure Examination had no choice but to perform all of their training in simulation labs due to social distancing guidelines. 

About 4 in 10 nurses in Michigan are planning to leave their roles in the next year, according to a study published in the journal Medicare Care.

Attracting and retaining nursing staff remains one of the major challenges that healthcare organizations face today.

Almost 50 percent of working mothers take an extended leave of absence to raise their children, according to a LinkedIn poll. According to another, 81 percent of married parents report taking a career break after a child is born. And for nurses, taking extended leave can make it challenging to re-enter the profession, but Penn Highlands Healthcare's new program aims to ease that. 

Only around 15 percent of registered nurses in the U.S. carry a master's degree and 2.2 percent hold a doctoral degree, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Despite the small number of professionals who carry advanced degrees in the field, the ones who do may have certain advantages.

Up to 30 percent of New York nurses' clinical training time could be conducted in a simulation lab if Gov. Kathy Hochul signs legislation recently passed by the State Assembly, according to an April 3 article on nurse.org. 

Azita Emami, PhD, MSN, RN, was named dean of the Yale School of Nursing in Orange, Conn., according to an April 3 press release. She is expected to continue her longtime focus on paying attention to the important role nurses play in underserved communities while also helping to advance the role of nurses in clinical practice.

Since 2019, registered nurses in Massachusetts have left their jobs in droves — leaving position vacancies to double in that time frame, according to NBC affiliate WWLP.

A compromised version of a bill that would require hospitals in Oregon to adhere to minimum staffing guidelines for nurses and certified nursing assistants now "has strong odds of passing," Oregon Public Broadcasting reported March 29.

By Robert LongyearThe last three years have been a tumultuous time for hospitals, healthcare organizations, and other employers of registered nurse (RN) labor, especially travel, contingent nurses. Outsized demand for RN labor to cover hospitals beds filled with Covid-19 admissions led to significant rate increases. On the labor force side, the coupling of absences due to sickness, nurse burn out, the increased availability of virtual work, and an existing well-documented general shortage of RN labor has led to a tightening of RN supply—further elevating hourly RN labor rates.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center aims to promote nurse well-being and resilience through the creation of a new leadership position and a relaunched committee, the hospital said March 30. 

A new study suggests there are eight key risk factors for surgical site infection after an abdominal hysterectomy, including obesity and a longer procedure duration. 

Nurse shortages have proven to be a persistent, long-term challenge for healthcare. To examine this issue, Becker's recently spoke with Robin Geiger, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, Senior Vice President of Clinician Advocacy at Ingenovis Health.

A nurse and seven California Highway Patrol officers have been charged with involuntary manslaughter after the death of a man who was court ordered to have a blood draw in 2020, NBC News reported March 29.

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' Clinical Scene Investigator Academy has provided more than a 600 percent return on investment; the 97 participating hospitals realized a fiscal savings of $84.2 million, Marian Altman, PhD, RN, clinical practice specialist and supervisor of the AACN's CSI Academy, told Becker's.

Columbus-based the Ohio State University appointed Karen Rose, PhD, as its next dean of the college of nursing.

New Hampshire-based Dartmouth Health and Colby-Sawyer College expanded their longtime partnership by launching a new accelerated bachelor of science in nursing program.

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses recognized 15 nurses for "solution-oriented" approaches to mitigate workplace challenges on March 28. 

Herb Watson, CRNA, a "living legend" in nurse anesthesia education, died March 7 at age 94.

The International Council of Nurses has declared nurse shortages to be a global health emergency, with 13 million nurses needing to be replaced globally in the coming years.