A 2015 state audit found the Minnesota Board of Nursing was slow to act on complaints about nurses, putting the public at risk. The board ramped up its discipline for a few years, but now cases are backing up again.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is relaunching its Nurse Wellness Committee, part of ongoing efforts to promote well-being and resilience in its nursing team. The committee originally formed in 2002, and though nurse wellness efforts never stopped, the committee paused after the COVID-19 pandemic brought competing priorities.
An Omaha nurse practitioner and Creighton professor will be awarded for her research in pediatric care for families with terminally ill children. Dr. Meghan Potthoff created a tool to help parents navigate such trying times.
Two bills in the Texas legislature will fill the missing piece in Texas' nursing workforce funding strategy: investment in the clinical sites that educate nurses and that are deploying innovative delivery and operations models to retain, advance, and support existing nurses.
A bill that would require hospitals in Oregon to follow minimum staffing standards for RNs and CNAs has strong odds of passing now that, after weeks of negotiations with the state's nurses union, the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems has dropped its opposition and will support a compromise version of the bill.
On Monday, a new bill passed the New York state legislature, allowing students to assess real-world scenarios through mannequin simulations. In return, students will use the gained hours to suffice clinical rotation hours. The bill now awaits Gov. Kathy Hochul's signature.