Database of caregivers to be available March 1, but it is incomplete, news investigation finds
Feb 17, 2010
After 22 years of delays, a federal database of potentially dangerous caregivers will be made available to healthcare providers on March 1. But a news report finds that thousands of disciplinary records...
New, massive nurses union holds founding convention
Dec 09, 2009
National Nurses United, the newly formed, major union for nurses, held its inaugural meeting Monday. Delegates to the founding convention elected officers and adopted a constitution.
Nurses’ unions lose support of key senator in card-check battle
Oct 20, 2009
Nurses’ unions hoping to see the Employee Free Choice Act become law have lost an important ally.
Cash-strapped Indiana nixes nurse background check program
Aug 11, 2010
Indiana cannot afford its $1 million share of a federal nurse background check initiative. It therefore will not participate in the program, the state said Monday.
RNs on the rise: Report shows number of nurses continues to climb
Mar 22, 2010
America’s registered nurse workforce is larger and more diverse than ever before, according to the results of a recently released quadrennial study.
Behavioral problems widespread between nurses, physicians, report finds
Nov 06, 2009
Nearly 98% of nurses and physicians report witnessing behavior problems between colleagues, according to the results of a recent survey.
How Wingate Healthcare resolved every eldercare provider’s worst nightmare
By
Bruce Baron
Jun 21, 2013
Staff call outs are a nursing staff’s worst nightmare and are a prime reason that employee turnover for staff schedulers remains at a high level. Staff call outs often happen at the last minute and...
Regenstrief Institute invests in startup to improve nursing home care
By
Liza Berger
Nov 19, 2019
The Regenstrief Institute, an organization dedicated to technological innovation in healthcare, is partnering with Care Revolution, a medical startup focused on improving care at nursing facilities, controlling...
Nearly half of nurses planning career change soon, survey finds
Feb 05, 2010
Nearly half of all nurses say they plan to make a career change over the next three years. That could exacerbate the nursing shortage, according to the results of a recent survey of registered nurses....
A nudge toward budgeting
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 22, 2012
There is many a manager who has been told “work on the budget” and left to sink or swim. If that’s different in your facility — that is, if each nurse manager is giving a course in...