A health systems company that operates throughout the Chicago area is eliminating a pay differential for nurses that was instituted at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the change occurring during National Nurses Week.
The change was confirmed Friday by Endeavor Health, which operates several hospitals throughout Chicago's suburbs, including Edward Hospital in Naperville and Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights.
Data that employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs have shared with NPR shows that 11,273 agency employees nationwide have applied for deferred resignation, which the Trump administration is offering as part of its DOGE initiative to cut the VA's workforce by 15%.
The top positions across all networks that are requesting deferred resignation are nurses (about 1,300), medical support assistants (about 800) and social workers (about 300).
A nurse at Deaconess Illinois Medical Center in Marion is being recognized as an extra special healthcare worker.
Victoria Sellers, has been honored with The DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurses, a prestigious international recognition celebrating nurses who deliver exceptional clinical care and heartfelt compassion.
Essentia nurses are nearing the end of their contract, and now negotiations between Essentia Health and the Minnesota Nurses Association are heating up.
There have been 5 negotiation sessions, and there are only 3 planned sessions left. MNA is drawing attention to staffing and says that having an enforceable standard would protect the quality of care that patients receive.
But Essentia is saying that an enforceable standard could get in the way of meeting the needs of patients.
Sam Howard, guided into nursing by his mother, now leads as a flight nurse in Sikeston, Missouri, blending clinical expertise with compassion in high-pressure, life-saving situations.
Some it seems like are born knowing what career they will go into while others ask for advice from those who know them the most on what they should go pursue. In the instance of Sam Howard of Chaffee, he had the advice and push from his mother when going to college.
This Nurses Week, New Mexico’s nursing community has a new reason to celebrate.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham recently signed HB 178 into law – a significant update to the state’s Nursing Practice Act that expands opportunities for nurses and strengthens the profession’s ability to serve communities across the state.
The legislation, which took several years to pass, was shaped through sustained advocacy from nurses, educators and professional organizations, including the New Mexico Nurses Association. Among them was Barbara Damron, PhD, LHD, MSN, RN, FAAN, a longtime nurse leader and professor at The University of New Mexico College of Nursing, who supported the bill through multiple legislative sessions.