For many patients, seeing a nurse practitioner has become a routine part of primary care, in which these “NPs” often perform the same tasks that patients have relied on doctors for.
In April, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) released data revealing that enrollment in programs designed to prepare entry-level registered nurses held steady, up 0.3% compared with the previous survey.
A new analysis from one of the country’s leading health policy research organizations confirms what the state’s long-term health care providers have warned: The state’s nursing homes don’t have nearly enough staff to meet the Biden administration’s new staffing rule.
More than 300 University Hospital nurses are facing pay cuts as the health system makes post-pandemic staffing adjustments and tries to fix two years of budget shortfalls.