How Did 2,800 Nurses With Fake Degrees Pass The NCLEX?
The dust is settling on the national nursing degree scheme, but many questions still linger, with the most pressing being: Who are these nurses, and where are they practicing? As investigations [...]
With Travel Nurses Making $150 an Hour, Hospitals Are Forced to Innovate
As hospitals have turned to travel nurses to ease staffing shortages during the pandemic, contract labor expenses have risen more than 250% over the past three years. The national average pay for [...]
Black Nurses Are Traumatized By Racism in Healthcare
Being a Black nurse in America sometimes means caring for patients while protecting them from racism at the same time. This was the case for Naseema McElroy, a California-based labor and delivery [...]
Two Nurses Save Man’s Life After Finding Him Lifeless, Hanging Out of Car
Two Washington state nurses are credited with helping save a man’s life. They found him halfway out of his car with his fiancé after suffering what appeared to be a medical emergency. It happened [...]
NJSNA’s Vice Chair Set To Make History
NJSNA’s Vice Chair of the Institute of Nursing , Dr. Dely Po Go, DNP, RN, LNHA, will write history in June 2023 by serving as the 125th Philippine Independence Day Parade Grand Marshal on two [...]
Region 1 Food Donation
Thank you to all that brought food to our Region meeting on 3/18/2023. Morris County Interfaith Food Pantry happily accepted our donation of 9 pounds of food.
NJ Nurses Say They’re Overworked, Demand ‘Safe Staffing’ Law
NEW JERSEY — It’s no secret that tons of New Jersey nurses left the profession during the coronavirus pandemic, pushed to the breaking point by stressful conditions and overwork. But according to [...]
How Nursing Workforce Has Changed Over Time
Even as the population of the United States becomes more diverse—with people of color making up more than 40% of U.S. residents as of 2020—the nursing workforce isn’t following suit. [...]