Nurse executives must be strategic about creating professional growth opportunities in order to develop, support, and retain nurse managers. Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Nurse Manager's ...

It seems each new study that examines a particular facet of nursing also reinforces the notion that nurses are the backbone of healthcare delivery in the United States. Nurses play the leading role in ...

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago used to rely on paper competency checklists in its nursing professional development. Using paper checklists was challenging and inefficient to ...

The Womack Army Medical Center Department of Medicine hosted a Skills Fair, Feb. 16, to help nurses refresh their skills and validate their competency in a number of areas as part of an annual ...

A new questionnaire assesses obstetric nurses' competency in GD management, filling a critical training gap. Developed through expert input and pilot testing, the tool shows strong psychometric ...

The nursing shortage has propelled many Pennsylvania health care systems to give nurses’ aides more access to training with local community colleges and universities. Expanding these opportunities is ...

In the past decade, we have seen tremendous advances in the prevention, treatment and management of chronic kidney disease ...

Walking into Bethel’s new Post-Baccalaureate Nursing Lab, you might think you’re in a clinic or hospital. Lifelike manikins recline in hospital beds in the main skills lab with traditional hospital ...

Today’s nursing home is a significantly complex organization. The resident population represents a wide range of clinical conditions that often require care measures that once were deemed sufficiently ...

As summer storms roll in across much of the U.S., we’re reminded that preparation is an absolute necessity and could mean the difference between life and death. Whether it’s a hurricane, a tornado or ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

A new Penn Nursing Center for Health Outcomes & Policy Research (CHOPR) study sheds light on the critical factors that help or hinder hospital nurses in providing quality care to socially ...