In 2020, organizations including the Georgia Council on Aging advocated on behalf of residents, families, and caregivers to successfully pass a bill that strengthened staffing requirements and increased maximum fines for violations. But a bill proposed this session would have lowered those minimum staffing requirements.
The partnership between Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital and a local technical college aims to encourage student nurses to live, and one day work, where they’re trained.
An increasing number of hospital systems like Allegheny Health Network have created in-house staffing teams to cope with the pandemic-fueled nursing shortage — and try to beat private temp staffing agencies at their own game.
The Georgia CNA Career Pathway Initiative was prompted by a statewide shortage of the vital members of the health care team of a resident in a long-term care facility: certified nursing assistants.
The new Emory Nursing Learning Center in downtown Decatur is a $20.6 million, 70,000-square-foot expansion featuring state-of-the-art simulation and professional development space that will enable students to be the next generation of nurse leaders.
Nurses trying to practice in Pennsylvania have some of the longest waiting times in the nation. After wading endlessly through red tape, some have given up and left, worsening the staffing shortage.
