A recent survey of nurses and nursing students shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced long-lasting negative perceptions of their future careers. The survey identifies root causes of the [...]
There are few careers as rewarding as that of the public health nurse. Opportunities in the field are as diverse as they are numerous, offering public health nurses the chance to engage in [...]
COVID-19 exposed all the deficiencies in health care that already existed and placed patients and health care workers at risk for preventable harm. In the absence of functional, widely available [...]
Young adult nurses have the lowest work-related well-being, highest turnover intentions and lowest overall job satisfaction across practicing nurses, according to a recent survey. Sixty-seven [...]
We need to demonstrate that nursing is a good job for a man. One male nurse shared the thoughts of many who find the term “nurse” brings images of women nursing children or female nurses working [...]
The saying “a change is as good as a rest” holds true—particularly for nurses still grinding away in the trenches through the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Before you find yourself so [...]
A study of 60,000 nurses’ salaries by Premier, a company that analyzes health care data, found that the average annual U.S. nursing salary rose 4% during the first nine months of 2021 to $81,376, [...]
We are nurses and nurse scientists who study nurse wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. What we have found across our studies is that nurses are struggling, and without help from both the [...]
Vice President Kamala Harris recently announced a $1.5 billion investment to help grow and diversify the nation’s health care workforce and bolster equitable health care in the communities that [...]
Flu season has officially begun, and the American Nurses Association (ANA) does not want it to be forgotten. “The flu vaccine is one of our best defenses to prevent transmission of influenza this [...]