While nurses' clinical roles throughout the COVID-19 pandemic dominated news stories, many nurses also made headlines for creative medical innovations or entrepreneurship efforts aimed at improving patient outcomes and protecting healthcare workers. 

Below are 16 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

From saving lives off the job, achieving career milestones and more, here are 22 nurses who made headlines this year:

Dansville, N.Y.-based Noyes Health named Stacey Argentieri, nurse manager of perioperative services at the hospital, the 2021 Daisy Nurse Leader Award winner, Noyes Health said Dec. 13. 

With the holiday season approaching, leaders and colleagues may be searching for what to gift their nursing teams.

Here are four nurses who have made headlines for their leadership efforts on and off the job since Nov. 9:   

Several colleges and universities have launched innovative nursing programs and partnerships to address persistent nursing shortages around the country.

Below are 14 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

Several nurses have been in the news lately for their creative medical innovations or entrepreneurship and philanthropic efforts aimed at improving the healthcare experience for patients and clinicians. 

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Nov. 18 a new tuition coverage program for 1,000 nursing students in an effort to address staffing shortages. 

New Jersey implemented the Nurse Licensure Compact Nov. 15, which allows registered nurses and licensed practical/vocational nurses to practice in person or via telehealth in all participating states under one multistate license.

Galen College of Nursing, which is part of the HCA Healthcare network, plans to open a new nursing school in Richmond, Va., the organizations said Nov. 16.

Below are 21 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

National Nurses United praised President Joe Biden's COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force and urged the group to immediately begin implementing their recommendations to achieve health equity, according to a Nov. 10 press release.

Several colleges and universities have launched innovative nursing programs and partnerships to address persistent nursing shortages around the country.

As labor shortages persist throughout the country, nurses unions have taken increased action to support nursing staff being impacted. 

The Hawaii Nurses Association is calling on officials at Queen's Medical Center to intervene with new policies to protect staff amid increased incidents of violence at facilities across the state, according to a Nov. 8 press release from the organization.

Press Ganey announced Nov. 8 six hospitals as 2021 recipients of the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality.

As a young adult figuring out her career path, Kathleen Sanford, BSN, RN, had no interest in being a nurse. However, a full-ride scholarship to the Walter Reed Institute of Nursing in Washington, D.C., unearthed an unexpected love for the profession. Today, Dr. Sanford oversees about 45,000 nurses as executive vice president and chief nursing officer of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health.

Amid the pandemic and an unprecedented nursing shortage, hospital leaders nationwide are looking for innovative ways to recruit and retain nurses and other healthcare staff. While some hospitals have hiked signing bonuses and salaries, others are taking a different approach, such as student loan repayment and tuition reimbursement.