For the second consecutive year, the same three health systems have won the American Association for Men in Nursing's Best Workplace Award. 

The Joint Commission has outlined new Oryx reporting requirements that will take effect Jan. 1 for all accredited hospitals. 

Each day, about 1 in 32 U.S. patients contracts at least one healthcare-associated infection, according to the CDC. 

Raising physician assistants' scope of practice to align with that of nurse practitioners does not worsen patient outcomes, according to a report from New Hampshire legislators. 

Constantly improving the care we provide patients is the goal of nearly every healthcare professional — if not every single one. It's what motivates our quality reviews and our clinical and health services research, with thousands upon thousands of efforts to find better treatments for our patients and the smartest way of delivering them. But all this work has an inescapable fact: We in healthcare often fall short of the goals we're trying to achieve.

There's an issue with the term "nurse burnout," according to Jane Dus, DNP, RN, senior vice president and chief nursing officer of Advocate Health's Midwest region. 

A recent study found that nurse burnout is linked to lower healthcare quality, patient safety grades, and patient satisfaction.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health recorded wins in several care-quality initiatives by embracing imperfect data, executives told Becker's Nov. 4. 

In a Nov. 3 interview with NBC News, former president Donald Trump said he will "make a decision" on whether to ban some vaccines based on Robert Kennedy Jr.'s recommendations. 

Florida is known for many things, among them, hurricanes. Every year, Florida hospitals face devastating winds and storm surges, but these yearly disasters have helped them become some of the greatest experts on hospital emergency management.

Here are 62 organizations launching or expanding nursing programs:

To provide Muslim women personal protective equipment, two respiratory therapists launched a company that sells disposable hygienic hijabs to hospitals and healthcare workers across the U.S., CBS News reported Nov. 4. 

Faced with a shortage of nurses, a rise in high-acuity cases and an increase in labor spend, hospitals and health systems have turned to virtual nursing programs for solutions. Here are 24 statistics tied to virtual nursing models, according to Becker's reporting: 

Residents in the Southwest Idaho Health District will no longer have access to COVID-19 vaccinations at District Health offices, following a contentious board vote Oct. 22, according to Boise Public Radio. 

Racism in nursing education presents in multiple ways, including educational disparities for minority students, limited access to administration processes, lack of reporting and poor planning or limited diversity among decision-makers, the Daily Nurse reported Nov. 4.

 Hospitals may better prevent the spread of Candida auris by broadening screening protocols to include all patients admitted from skilled nursing facilities, according to a new study from researchers at New York City-based Mount Sinai. 

Fewer than 1 in 6 healthcare staff received a COVID-19 booster during the 2023 to 2024 respiratory virus season, CDC data shows. 

To address the maternal health crisis in the U.S., CMS has issued new conditions of participation standards for hospitals that offer obstetrical services as part of its 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule shared Nov. 1. 

Whooping cough cases in mid-October were more than five times higher compared to the same time last year, the CDC warned Oct. 31.

New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science received a $47.5 million grant to turn laboratory discoveries into practical health solutions, treatments and clinical care.