Mariah Taylor (Email) – Becker’s Clinical Leadership It’s well known that a “silver tsunami” is on the horizon with millions of adults turning 65 each year — but the additional compounding impact of nurse retirements on systems is often overlooked. “I don’t think we fully realize the tsunami that’s coming in less than five years,” […]
By Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD EmpoweredNurses.org Let’s be honest — not every day is a Florence Nightingale moment. Sometimes, it’s a patient yelling at you for something out of your control. Sometimes, it’s working short-staffed for the fifth shift in a row. Sometimes, it’s losing a patient — and having to walk into the
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Kayt Sukel MedScape News Late last year, the Health Resources and Services Administration projected a shortage of nearly 190,000 physicians across specialties by 2037. They noted, however, that we could mitigate the lack of doctors in some specialties by increasing the use of physician associates (PAs), especially with new and pending legislation expanding PAs’ scope
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By: Kristin Kuchno Becker’s Hospital Review Incivility among U.S. employees rose 21.5% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s Civility Index. SHRM surveyed 1,587 U.S. workers between Jan. 22 and Jan. 30. The Q1 2025 Civility Index score of 48.8 marks
— Study finds suicide dropped by up to 25% with screening, safety plans, and support by Associated Press (David Coates/Detroit News via AP) Healthcare systems can reduce suicides through patient screening, safety planning, and mental health counseling, a new study suggests, an important finding as the U.S. confronts its 11th leading cause of death. The
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin Business Daily News The healthcare sector has overtaken retail as the largest industry by employment in the United States, according to a report published this month by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. Jobs and wages in healthcare rose almost twice as fast as those in other industries between 1980 and
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By Kerri Miller Conexiant New research revealed that night work and sleep debt are associated with higher rates of infections among nurses. Sleep debt showed a strong dose-dependent relationship with multiple infection types. Researchers from the Norwegian Competence Center for Sleep Disorders and the University of Bergen analyzed data from 1,335 active Norwegian nurses to
Mariah Taylor (Email) Becker’s Hospital Review Healthcare education in high schools exploded in 2024. Becker’s reported on around 19 systems that expanded, launched or improved their educational partnerships in 2024. Some systems rely on weeklong courses or internships, while others are delving into the creation of healthcare tracks that are taken alongside the normal high
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Kasee Wiesen DNP, APRN, FNP-C This article originally appeared in the October 2024 issue of Vital Signs. There are over 4.7 million registered nurses (RNs) in the United States, and just over 87 percent of them are women. Women in medicine pride themselves on being empathetic and strong communicators, improving overall health outcomes and well-being
Since 2023, nine states have dropped their residency program requirements for foreign-trained physicians, and more than a dozen other states are considering doing the same, NPR reported March 3. By: Mariah Taylor Becker’s Hospital Review Many of the state bills to ease residency requirements are based on model legislation that was proposed in 2020 by
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