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The 2023 National Health Service Corps Scholarship program is open.
Utah became the 27th state to grant nurse practitioners full practice authority.
Top considerations travel nurses weigh in determining whether to return to a permanent position are hourly wage, benefits, workload, commute time and flexible schedules, according to a report.
Over a dozen states, including Missouri, New York and Texas, have proposed legislation to reign in price gouging of travel nurse staffing agencies.
The American Hospital Association and AONL this week responded to a Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee request for information on the drivers of health care workforce shortages and potential solutions with a letter recommending the committee invest in nursing education and…
Sharon Pappas, PhD, RN, CNO at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, will receive AONL’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in May at this year’s annual conference in Anaheim, Calif.
The U.S. mortality rate for people ages 1 to 19 climbed by 10.7% from 2019 to 2020 and by 8.4% from 2020 to 2021, a study found.
In 2021, family caregivers provided an estimated 36 billion hours of unpaid care worth about $600 billion to an adult family member or friend with chronic, disabling or serious health conditions, an AARP report found.
Many Black Californians say they adjust their appearance or behavior to reduce their likelihood of experiencing discrimination and bias in hospitals and other clinical settings.
In an American Hospital Association podcast, Dwayne Gordon, MD, and Richard Pratley, MD, share lessons learned from AdventHealth’s treatment of patients with long COVID-19.