Fostering a culture where employees feel safe and ensuring access to behavioral healthcare services can help hospitals and health systems address healthcare workforce challenges, AHA said.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has released the first of three reports detailing how hospital and health system leaders can help address healthcare workforce challenges by supporting worker wellbeing and behavioral health and...
Little Fletcher Pack woke up Monday morning and asked: “Is today vaccine day?”
For the 3-year-old from Lexington, South Carolina, the answer was yes.
The nation’s infants, toddlers and preschoolers are finally getting their chance at COVID-19 vaccination as the U.S. rolls out shots for tots this week. Shipments arrived in some locations over the weekend and some spots, including a Walgreens in South Carolina and...
Whether you’re struggling with a diagnosed mental illness, everyday life stressors , relationship problems, or another mental or emotional health concern, deciding to start therapy can be a major step in prioritizing your mental health and well-being.
If you’re thinking about signing up for therapy, you’re not alone. Nineteen percent of adults receive mental health treatment, with nearly 10 percent...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A Gallup Honesty and Ethics poll showed that nursing has been rated the most trusted profession for the twentieth year.
The poll is a reflection of the trust Americans have in their nurses even through the pandemic. According to a news release from Baystate Health, in the United States, there are nearly 4.3 million registered nurses and marks one of the highest-paying professions. Baystate...
Providing an excellent health care experience to our nation’s heroes begins with recruiting a first-class team of professionals who have a passion for what they do.
Leslie Davis is a nurse recruiter for the Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System, and her mission is to find the best quality nurses to care for our veterans.
“I grew up within the walls of the VA,” Davis said. “My grandpa was a World War II...
CINCINNATI, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Carousel International, a division of leading healthcare staffing firm Health Carousel, and provider of the PassportUSA program, welcomed record levels of new foreign-educated registered nurses to the United States in the first quarter of 2022. Over the last 17 years, the company has assisted nurses from the Philippines, UAE, South Korea, India, and many other...
he pandemic has had a significant impact on nurses, particularly as large numbers of younger workers leave the profession, according to recent analyses published in Health Affairs—and experts say new efforts are needed to sustain the nursing workforce in the long term.
How the pandemic has impacted nursing employment
According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics , there was a decline in overall health care...
The Justice Department is using antitrust law to charge employers with colluding to hold down wages. The move adds to a barrage of civil challenges.
Antitrust suits have long been part of the federal government’s arsenal to keep corporations from colluding or combining in ways that raise prices and hurt the consumer. Now the government is deploying the same weapon in another cause: protecting workers’ pay.
In a...
When Shannon Rosen found out she was going to be a licensed nurse last month, her father was right behind her, literally. The video of Mark Rosen cheering her on and their shared tears and joy have earned the internet's admiration.
The 26-year-old from Estero, Florida, posted an emotional TikTok video last month showing her and her dad hugging and crying after she learned she had passed her nurse licensing exam. Her post has...
More than 60% of nurses who identify as belonging to an ethnic minority have personally experienced an act of racism in the workplace, according to the findings of a new, national survey of nurses. This survey was conducted by the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing. 1
In a statement announcing these findings, Ernest J. Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN, commission colead and president of the American Nurses Association (ANA), said:...
Corey Binney spent 10 years in the restaurant industry before hanging up his apron to pursue a career doing electrical work.
Today, Binney, 33, is an apprentice at Kestrel Apprenticeship Training Center , an apprenticeship school at Falcon Electric , a local electrical contracting company.
Binney grew up in restaurants; his grandparents own George's Family Restaurant on Glenstone Avenue. For the last 10...
As a political fight tied to COVID dollars continues on Capitol Hill, people without health insurance and the providers that serve them are among those already left out.
Senate lawmakers’ recently announced plan to allocate $10 billion in funding toward combating the COVID-19 pandemic comes at a time when cases are rising in some states and the country faces a potential new wave of infections from the...