Now 93, Virginia Allen smiles, recalling the day her parents gave her permission to leave her home in Detroit, Mich. to attend nursing school in New York City. Inspired by a respected aunt, Edna ...
VA nurses have been speaking out to demand that the Veterans Affairs Administration address their ongoing concerns about staffing, scheduling, and recruitment and retention. National hiring ...
It all started with the breakfast orders. That’s what Lisa Watson, RN, remembers as the first sign something was wrong at Ascension via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kan., in May 2024.
On a cold, overcast Chicago day in March 2024, with snow still on the ground, a group of nurses wearing red masks marched to the Cook County Health (CCH) Board of Directors meeting, chanting, “What do ...
When University of Michigan Health (U of M Health) bought Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan Nurses Association (MNA) members there had high hopes. But now, as members negotiate their first ...
When RN Beth Bayer left her job at a union hospital in Wisconsin and moved to New Orleans, she told herself she would never again work at a non-unionized facility. “Then I realized I had no options.
Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and Its Power to Change Our World is an engaging, clearly written book that gives nurses long overdue recognition of their significance throughout history—from the ...