A crisis is an unstable, critical situation — one that necessitates immediate action. However, the nursing crisis seems more like a chronic ailment: persistent, cyclical, and insufficiently treated.

Healthcare systems across the globe are still struggling to secure a sufficient nursing workforce in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. A rising demand for nurses brings an urgent need to address this ...

Hospitals across the nation are facing workforce challenges, and a nurse staffing shortage poses one of the biggest threats to care delivery. More than 100,000 nurses exited the U.S. workforce from ...

Nursing is one of many professions where turnover is high and job openings exceed the number of new graduates. Los Angeles County, for example, had nearly 5,000 open registered-nurse positions but ...

Nurses are described as the backbone of the American health care system, and too few can endanger patients and community ...

For 23 years, nursing has been ranked the most trustworthy profession. While this recognition is humbling and well-deserved, it stands in sharp contrast to another reality: Nurses continue to face ...

The importance of this issue to the health care of the nation is reflected in the unprecedented number of bills in the current legislature addressing the aspects of the nursing shortage. Currently ...

Nursing programs across the state turn away thousands of qualified applicants, not because students lack interest, but because schools lack enough faculty to teach them. Faculty salaries lag far ...