Providers want 24-hour RN staffing proposal cut from House infrastructure plan
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 05, 2021
The nation’s largest nursing home association is demanding that lawmakers withdraw a proposal in President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill that would require long-term care facilities to have a registered...
Nurse turnover rises less than expected while wages jumped significantly at CCRCs in 2021: survey
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 06, 2021
The national turnover rate among both registered nurses and certified nursing assistants working at continuing care retirement communities both increased by roughly 5% between 2020 and 2021, according...
‘Unprecedented’ growth of nurse-practitioners contributes to drop in RNs
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 06, 2020
The number of NPs doubled to about 190,000 between 2010 and 2017. There’s also been a shift in where they work.
Study: RNs better trained to identify high-risk Rx errors
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 08, 2018
Registered nurses may be more likely than licensed practical nurses to identify high-risk medication errors in nursing homes, new research suggests.
Nursing homes pay less for nurses
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 30, 2018
The nurses who staff nursing homes earn less than their peers in assisted living and continuing care retirement communities, according to a new survey.
Nursing homes may benefit from delayed RN retirements
By
Stephanie H. Kim
Sep 01, 2014
Nursing homes may benefit from registered nurses working longer after age 50, researchers from RAND Corporation say.
More registered nurses are delaying retirement, researchers say
By
Stephanie H. Kim
Jul 18, 2014
Despite “imminent retirement” of baby boomers, more registered nurses are working longer after age 50, researchers find.
Ask the nursing expert … about becoming a good leader
By
Angel McGarrity-Davis, RN, CDONA, NHA
Jul 01, 2014
As a nurse manager, how do I lead my team to great outcomes?
New RNs trending more to nursing homes, expert says
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 01, 2014
Newly licensed registered nurses are less likely to work in hospitals and more likely to be hired in a nursing home, says a new analysis in the American Journal of Nursing.
Verbal abuse frequently used against newly licensed RNs
By
Ashley Carman
Aug 01, 2013
Almost half of newly licensed registered nurses were likely to have been verbally abused at work by their colleagues within the past three months, according to a new study.