In less than two years, the U.S. could face a shortage of up to 450,000 nurses. The health-care system won’t be able to fill this gap with half the potential workforce on the sidelines: More must be ...

Richard V. Reeves is president of the American Institute for Boys and Men and author of Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It (Brookings ...

Nursing education must evolve to meet the changing demands of the field, but with limited resources and external hurdles like the COVID-19 pandemic, gaps have continued to persist. Much like nurse ...

During National Nurses Week, I would like to offer a long overdue thank you to our nurses — unsung heroes of health care who have created the most trusted profession. As a physician leader, I have had ...

Effective leadership requires putting staff at the forefront, as these examples illustrate. HealthLeaders recently saluted five nurse leaders during National Nurses Week who have taken solid steps to ...

Nurse retention and happiness are top of mind for many leaders among an increase in strikes and nurses leaving the profession. Becker’s recently asked nurses what they would change or do if they were ...

A nurse taking care of little boy hospitalized in a bed. After years of burnout, many health care professionals are switching jobs or leaving the field entirely as industry challenges and difficult ...

Practically every one of Winnie Mele's waking hours is spent taking care of someone. And she wouldn't have it any other way. As director of perioperative services at Northwell Health's Plainview ...

Even by rural hospital standards, Keokuk County Hospital in Sigourney, Iowa, is small. The 14-bed hospital, in the southeastern part of the state, doesn't do surgeries or deliver babies. The small ...