Stories Tagged as
Nurses
Strapped emergency services struggle to answer 911 calls
Feb 9, 2023
Health care staffing shortages and high turnover rates means patients end up waiting longer to get through emergency departments.
Hospitals explore virtual nursing to cover staffing shortages and fight burnout
by
Blake Farmer
Jan 11, 2023
With nurses facing burnout like never before, some hospitals are exploring remote work options that could keep experienced RNs on the job longer.
For a rural hospital trying to reopen, hiring is a challenge
by
Blake Farmer
Oct 6, 2022
Many rural hospitals have closed during the pandemic, and their staffers found other work far away.
More health care workers will be able to provide abortions under a new Maryland law
Jun 29, 2022
Maryland is one of 19 states expanding access to abortion by widening the circle of providers, including physician assistants and nurse practitioners.
Guilty verdict for Tennessee nurse in case involving medical error has other nurses worried
by
Blake Farmer
Apr 26, 2022
RaDonda Vaught awaits sentencing for criminally negligent homicide. Her conviction is weighing heavily on a weary profession.
Pandemic price gouging complaints raise staff tensions with traveling nurses
by
Blake Farmer
Feb 15, 2022
Hospitals say that staffing agencies charge too much for providing traveling nurses. The nurses say they're the ones doing the heavy lifting.
Rural hospitals, short of staff, brace for omicron
Dec 28, 2021
Many health care workers have fled the pandemic's burdens in areas with low vaccination rates and fragile economies.
For public good, not for profit.
School nurses are stretched thin during the pandemic
by
Susie An
Dec 23, 2021
School nurses are attending to COVID-19 protocols on top of their regular duties of keeping students physically and emotionally healthy.
Why one former ICU nurse quit his job: "I was having panic attacks"
by
David Brancaccio
and Rose Conlon
Nov 11, 2021
Exploring the pandemic's toll on health care workers.
Stress and burnout stoke churn in health care workforce
Nov 10, 2021
The U.S. has nearly 400,000 fewer workers in nursing and residential-care facilities than it did before the pandemic.