Ninety-four percent of nurses report that there’s either “a lot” or “some” racism in their profession, according to a new survey. The primary area where racism is experienced by nurses is in their career paths. Incivility and bullying and interactions with colleagues are other acts associated with racism, reports the survey of more than 5600…
In 2013, an act of racism that seemed torn from the pages of a medical ethics textbook led to a lawsuit in Michigan: a white supremacist with a newborn in the hospital asked that no Black nurses be allowed to touch his son, and the hospital allegedly honored that request. While the lawsuit between the…
Jane Thomason The pandemic’s recent surge in winter hospitalizations and the Omicron variant are the latest risks healthcare workers and the general workforce fear facing without permanent COVID safety standards to protect them. Those concerns are at the focus of a national petition led by nurses asking for the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)…
Payment recognition, effective mentoring, and nurse residency programs can help prevent nurses from leaving their jobs, said nurse leaders and government officials during an online discussion of workforce issues hosted by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the healthcare sector has lost close to half a million…
