26 Doctors Receive Medical School Loan Forgiveness in Exchange for Commitment to NYC Health + Hospitals $3 million loan repayment grants provided by the state’s Doctors Across New York program In 2019, the average medical student debt was $200,000 New York, NY NYC Health + Hospitals today […]
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WVU Hospitals names nurses and colleagues of the year
Ceremony kicked off National Nurses Week Posted on 5/9/2022 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Six nurses and a clinical practice manager who supports nursing efforts won the top awards at the WVU Hospitals 2022 Nurses and Interprofessional Colleague of the Year ceremony held May 6. From left to right: Michael Grace, president […]
Nurses at top California hospitals prepare to strike- POLITICO
‘EXHAUSTED AND WE’RE BURNING OUT’: Some 5,000 nurses at Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital — among the top-ranked hospitals in the country — plan to go on strike a week from today amid the collapse of contract negotiations. More than 9 in 10 eligible nurses voted to […]
Hospitals use internships, mentoring to replenish nursing pools
Amid shortages of nurses, hospitals are developing mentoring and internship programs to improve their hiring position in a tight labor market, the Miami Herald reported April 21. Nurses have left their jobs or healthcare entirely during the COVID-19 pandemic for a variety of reasons, including stress and exhaustion as well […]
Capping travel nurses’ pay won’t help hospitals’ self-inflicted staffing problems
Nearly 1 in 5 health-care workers has quit since the pandemic began. A recent survey by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses found that 92 percent felt that the pandemic had “depleted nurses in their hospital, and that their career would be shorter than they had intended as a result.” […]
Inside a Georgia hospital’s ICU, medical staff wages war against COVID
Once a patient is sick enough to be admitted into ICU, there’s little difference between the delta variant and the omicron variant, health care workers say. ”I feel like it’s the same,” said Brandy Harris, also an ICU nurse at the Braselton hospital. “The patients are just as sick with […]
US hospitals strained with influx of patients amid latest COVID-19 surge, staffing shortages
For nearly two years, day after day, under exhausting and often dangerous conditions, health care workers across the country have continued to care for the nation’s sickest Americans who have fallen victim to coronavirus. As the highly infectious omicron sweeps through the country, the United States is now facing its […]
Hospitals Cut Beds as Nurses Call In Sick With Covid-19
Rising numbers of nurses and other critical healthcare workers are calling in sick across the U.S. due to Covid-19, forcing hospitals to cut capacity just as the Omicron variant sends them more patients, industry officials say. The hospitals are leaving beds empty because the facilities don’t have enough staffers to […]
More Patients, Fewer Workers: Omicron Pushes New York Hospitals to Brink
One Brooklyn Health and other hospital systems have also sought help from state officials. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who declared a health care emergency in late November, has authorized nursing students and out-of-state doctors to assist during the current surge. The state has also deployed 120 National Guard members to nursing […]