Nurses are essential healthcare infrastructure because patient care cannot function safely or effectively without a strong nursing workforce. Ongoing nurse shortages, burnout, and high turnover threaten patient access, healthcare quality, and system resilience.
The union for 12 nurses laid off by Montefiore hospital say company broke contract they recently won through a strike. Marilyn Shuler has worked as a utilization review nurse for 39 years at Montefiore hospital in the Bronx in New York City, helping to read patient charts and communicate with insurance companies over coverage.
We have spent years talking about what is wrong with nursing culture. “Nurses eat their young.” New nurses leave too soon. Burnout is everywhere. Tension on the floor feels almost expected.
Nursing remains one of the most in-demand professions in the United States, and compensation across the field reflects that demand. Whether you are just starting out as a registered nurse or advancing into a specialized role, understanding what pay looks like in 2026 can help you make informed career decisions.
Hospitals and health systems have invested in recruitment bonuses, retention programs, and flexible staffing models in an effort to address the nationwide nursing shortage, but one of the biggest barriers to building the nursing workforce starts before registered nurses (RNs) ever make it to the bedside: There are too few nursing faculty to educate the next generation of nurses.
There is something almost too on-the-nose about our recent news cycle. On July 8, "The Pitt" -- HBO Max's unflinching, real-time portrait of a Pittsburgh emergency department (ED) -- collected 25 Emmy nominations, 13 of them for its cast. That same day, roughly 4,000 nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston walked off the job in one of the largest nurses' strikes in Massachusetts history.
A nurse lost her license and is banned for life from federally funded hospitals after she forged opioid prescriptions. Brooke Haller, 41, pleaded guilty to a single count of possession of a controlled substance by deception and subterfuge, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office..
A parasitic infection that causes miserable bouts of watery, “explosive” diarrhea is surging across the United States. Several states are seeing cyclosporiasis rates that are unusually high for this time of year. Meanwhile, health authorities are scrambling to identify the source driving the outbreaks.
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