Nurses
The Department of Labor has extended to Jan. 20 the deadline for nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and tribal organizations to apply for up to $6 million each to train current and former nurses to become nursing educators, and frontline health care workers to advance to nursing鈥
Johnson & Johnson this month launched a new television and digital campaign celebrating nurses and their contributions to health care.
AHA expresses concern about the potential impact of H.R. 3648, the Equal
Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act of 2022
Passport2Liberty helps Ukrainian nurses resettle in the United States. OSF Healthcare leads efforts to donate ambulances and supplies.
AHA today voiced support for the Building America鈥檚 Health Care Workforce Act (H.R.7744), legislation that would extend for two years after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency certain flexibilities relating to training and competency requirements for nurse aides in skilled nursing鈥
34% of nurses surveyed by the online health care workforce matching platform Incredible Health said they plan to leave their roles by the end of this year. Responding to these market conditions, many hospitals and health systems are stepping up recruitment efforts, offering more flexible hours and鈥
Foreign-trained nurses and doctors do not displace American workers. Instead they play critical roles in ensuring the health of the communities our hospitals serve. They are highly qualified and required to meet our nation鈥檚 standards for education, English fluency and state licensure.
Incredible Health, a startup, has flipped the script on traditional nurse hiring by having hospitals apply directly to nurses for permanent positions rather than the other way around. The startup charges hospitals to use the platform, but it is free to nurses.
The AHA letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, cautioning against softening standards designed to maintain the safety and quality of laboratory testing in the U.S., including those regulating the professionals who staff the nation鈥檚 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments-鈥
As we start to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, understanding and reconnecting to purpose, rediscovering our why is key to moving forward.