One of the main reasons rural nursing homes close is staff shortages, particularly registered nurses. Some communities are finding ways to attract nurses to small towns with better pay and perks. The ...

A recent data analysis draws correlations between nurses’ experience of insomnia and presenteeism, and the impact these factors have on patient care. Presenteeism refers to situations where an ...

For hundreds of years, nurses have provided health care for others — in homes, hospitals, long-term care facilities, and on battlefields. They’ve worked long shifts in understaffed facilities, with ...

Last month, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing published new research showing that 138,000 nurses have left the workforce since 2022 and predicts that by 2029, almost 40% will leave the ...

Virginia Mireles worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) at Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant, Nebraska, for 15 years. She was there until the last light was turned off about two years ago.