On Saturday, Tennessee hit two years since the first case of COVID was confirmed in Tennessee. By the numbers, the state has tracked more than 2 million cases and will likely break 25,000 deaths this week.
Tennessee hospitals join call for crackdown on alleged ‘price gouging’ by staffing agencies
Staffing shortages continue to cripple some Tennessee hospitals dealing high COVID numbers among patients and their own staff. The pinch is being felt by both large medical centers and small rural hospitals.
Saint Thomas Midtown’s new ICU was redesigned to make life easier for nurses
COVID has inspired changes to a $300 million addition to Saint Thomas Midtown. The hospital is building a new critical care and surgical tower.
Facing a shortage of nurses, hospitals turn to higher pay and international staff
There’s some truth in a joke circulating among frustrated ICU nurses right now. They ask for their hospitals to appropriately pay them for the hazards they’ve endured through the pandemic. And they’re rewarded with a pizza party.
Nashville Nursing Schools Try To Fill Void Left By Pandemic
The nursing profession needs reinforcements like never before because of the pandemic. And there are signs that enrollment in nursing schools is picking up. But the nurses in training are joining a field that others are leaving.
When School Nurses Are Spread Thin, The Whole School Feels It Too
With most students back in the classroom and the Delta variant looming large, school nurses have seen their workload balloon.
Tennessee Hospitals Say They Need More Money To Compete With Neighboring States For Nurses
Tennessee has reopened a fund to help hospitals fly in temporary nurses as they’re short on staff. But hospitals are finding that there’s not much money left, even though the shortage is more critical than when they needed staffing help during the winter surge.
Sky-High Pay For Traveling Nurses Both A Symptom And Cause Of Hospital Staffing Crisis
The job market for nurses is way out of whack. Traveling RNs are making a lot more money than the full-time staffers doing the same job. And that’s causing staffers to hit the road to take a traveling gig, only to be replaced by an expensive traveler.
Belmont Nursing Students Rehearse One Of The Most Important Tasks They’ll Face: Handling Death
Listen Nursing requires hands-on training. But research has found that university curriculum often goes light on one of life’s universal experiences — dying.
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