It's no secret that employees want flexible work arrangements, but the definition of "flexible" remains a bit foggy. 

Hospitals and health systems continue to grapple with staffing challenges, including shortages. Below are the number of job openings at hospitals that were named to the U.S. News & World Report's 2022-23 Best Hospitals Honor Roll.

Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health has launched its new $100,000 registered nurse incentive program to recruit and retain staff, according to an April 10 news release shared with Becker's. 

Nurses say some Massachusetts hospitals have turned to mandatory overtime to help ease workforce shortages, according to The Boston Globe.

Nurse recruitment and retention is top of mind for every hospital and health system executive given that the shortage of registered nurses is only expected to intensify.  

A staffing platform that connects nurses to shifts in skilled nursing facilities and home health settings is expanding to offer hospital shifts. The platform, connectRN, has launched hospital staffing services in Tennessee and Florida, according to an April 11 news release. 

Washington lawmakers have passed staffing legislation aimed at reducing nursing shortages, The Spokesman-Review reported April 6. 

Some hiring managers are setting their sights on older employees rather than younger ones due to a difference in work ethic, The Wall Street Journal reported April 6. 

Healthcare gained 33,900 jobs in March, down from the average monthly gain of 54,000 over the prior six months, according to the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Only 12 percent of nurses are men. Raising that number would benefit not only the healthcare profession, but men themselves, Bloomberg editors suggested in an April 6 viewpoint piece. 

Generation Z is the age group flipping the workforce by demanding flexible work arrangements — or so the narrative goes. But recent data shows that older workers, not younger ones, are most likely to reap fully remote jobs. 

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is bringing its internal staffing agency model to Colorado, where it will also launch its SelectHealth insurance plan next year, CFO Janey Wade told Becker's. 

Generation Z is heading east and south when choosing a new city to call home. 

Healthcare announced the third-most job cuts out of 30 industries and sectors measured in the first quarter of 2023, according to one new analysis.

Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health System has cut down on travel nurses, delaying patient care in at least one instance, KTVZ reported April 5. 

Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health has launched a new workforce education program to support career growth for its employees. 

People are turning to ChatGPT for answers to various questions, including those involving the labor market. Some experts are specifically seeking insights into the implication of the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot on jobs.

For Americans who do not have a four-year college degree, healthcare offers various job options, according to the results of recent research by JobSage, an employer review site.

Burnout, staffing shortages and violence against healthcare workers are often cited as key reasons healthcare workers are leaving their roles, but there is another significant factor at play, Gita Pensa, MD, wrote in a March 31 article for TIME.

Paid time off is one of the most important benefits to U.S. workers — at least on paper. But less than half of employees actually use all the PTO available to them, according to a survey from Pew Research Center released March 30.