Agency nursing’s ties to staffing instability and lower nursing home quality should land it in the quality ratings mix — and provide consumers some clarity into a given facility’s dependence on ...

Providers welcomed the “good news” Monday that the budget for a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services nursing home staffing campaign has more than doubled to reach $200 million.

Research provides contradictory data on nurse preferences for shift length and time. For instance, although many nurses report a preference for 12-hour shifts, studies have found that job ...

May 9—Proposed state legislation that would mandate staffing ratios for nurses in hospitals had its first committee hearing this week, where the bill's primary sponsors provided testimony in favor of ...

CMS officials pushed back Tuesday on suggestions that their final rule on required staffing ratios in nursing homes would force nursing homes in underserved areas to close and make the current ...

Nurse leaders must determine what staffing model works best for both patients and nurses, says this CNO. The nursing shortage continues to be one of the biggest concerns for CNOs across the country, ...

Bedsores are more likely in hospitals relying too heavily on travel nurses or nurse overtime Nurse staffing agencies or nurse overtime is sometimes needed to meet staffing shortages But the more these ...