Nurses

Qualified and experienced nurses are in high demand. And the Health Resources & Services Administration projects a shortfall of tens of thousands of registered nurses annually.

Close to one third of hospital nurse leaders may leave in the next year, per a survey from AMN Healthcare, a major healthcare talent acquisition firm.

Bolstering educational infrastructure for prospective students can address the worsening nursing shortage.

Maryland is one of 19 states expanding access to abortion by widening the circle of providers, including physician assistants and nurse practitioners.

RaDonda Vaught awaits sentencing for criminally negligent homicide. Her conviction is weighing heavily on a weary profession.

Hospitals say that staffing agencies charge too much for providing traveling nurses. The nurses say they're the ones doing the heavy lifting.

Many health care workers have fled the pandemic's burdens in areas with low vaccination rates and fragile economies.

School nurses are attending to COVID-19 protocols on top of their regular duties of keeping students physically and emotionally healthy.

Exploring the pandemic's toll on health care workers.

The U.S. has nearly 400,000 fewer workers in nursing and residential-care facilities than it did before the pandemic.