When Sienna Salcedo isn’t working 12-hour shifts three times a week as a physician’s assistant at Bellevue Hospital in New York City, she’s flying down to West Palm Beach or Miami to host Botox parties.
Salcedo is part of a greater rash of nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and physician’s assistants who are leaving the hospital system — or bypassing it entirely — for the greener and more autonomous pastures of aesthetics.
This shifting workforce won’t come as a surprise to anyone working in or around the U.S. medical system in the past 50 years. Scholars have warned of a nursing shortage for decades, with many factors at play: A high patient-to-nurse ratio is just one of the many long-standing issues that nurses have faced — a concern that was only exacerbated by the pandemic.
Anchorage nurses say a new staffing model recently launched at Providence hospital will put patients in danger.
Last week, Providence Alaska Medical Center announced it had implemented what it calls a “co-caring model” of nursing at two units of its flagship hospital in Anchorage. Instead of being attended to by a registered nurse, patients in two units will have their care shared by a virtual nurse via camera and video in the patient’s room, a certified nursing assistant and a registered nurse.
More than 60% of Ohio nurses who left bedside care did so because of a heavy patient load, and about 65% of bedside nurses have experienced workplace violence in the last 12 months, according to a new statewide survey conducted by the Ohio Nurses Association.
The survey looked at the impact of understaffing in Ohio’s hospitals, and called on healthcare executives and policymakers to take swift action to protect patients and ensure the well-being of nurses and health professionals, the association said.
With student health needs on the rise, state officials want to make sure every school has a nurse on hand.
However, tight budgets are making it a challenge. According to the Michigan Association of School Nurses, 600,000 Michigan students manage at least one chronic condition, and 25% take daily medications. Therefore, the presence of school nurses is vital for ensuring the mental and physical health and safety of students.
Today, the American Nurses Foundation (ANF) announced the 2024 recipients of a pioneering, scholarship program developed in partnership with Stryker, a leading global medical technology company.
It’s called the Scholars for Change program and it takes effect on the first day of the ANCC National Magnet Conference® and Pathway to Excellence Conference® held this year in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 30 – November 1. This unique program was created to intentionally engage and support nurse leaders of color to positively influence their organizations with the Magnet Recognition Program and Pathway to Excellence professional standards of practice.
McNeese State University’s nurse practitioner program was ranked as the second best in the state of Louisiana.
The rankings, which are determined by RegisteredNursing.org, are based on factors like completion rates, affordability, institutional reputation, program diversity, and faculty expertise.