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This week, former US Health and Human Services Secretaries Kathleen Sebelius (President Obama’s administration) and Alex Azar (President Trump’s administration) jointly published a bipartisan opinion piece in Time calling on Congress to act quickly before a tidal wave of retirement all but certain to overwhelm the nursing industry takes hold and threatens patients nationwide. The…

Amid an ongoing domestic nursing shortage, the US healthcare sector is once again at risk of suffering from the long-term ramifications of COVID-19 after the State Department announced a decision that will reduce the number of green cards granted to incoming nurses. In a May bulletin, the Department announced it had moved the cut-off date…

30 percent of nurses are likely to leave their career, a seven-point increase since 2021, according to a new AMN Healthcare survey based on more than 18,200 completed questionnaires. The startling new finding indicates the nursing shortage will continue to worsen for the foreseeable future absent any action. The survey also found that nurses view…

In a new op-ed in The Hill, Hispanic Leadership Fund president Mario H. Lopez argues that “skilled immigration offers a viable solution” to the ongoing nursing shortage. Lopez writes that “[f]oreign-educated nurses fill critical gaps in care” and come to the U.S. already highly trained. Lopez also notes that a recently announced delay in visa…

At a Senate Health Committee hearing last week, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney highlighted the urgent need to remedy the shortage of healthcare workers in the United States. In the aftermath of COVID-19, the healthcare sector is still in recovery mode, and to fully rehabilitate it, professionals must employ all resources at their disposal—including utilizing foreign-educated…

As yet another medical catastrophe threatens to engulf the American healthcare sector, experts are sounding the alarm on the fragile state of our medical landscape. As it stands, the healthcare sector cannot support another widespread crisis. The “tridemic”—fueled by the simultaneous outbreak of a new COVID-19 subvariant, the flu, and RSV—has had a significant impact…

A “tridemic” of a new Covid-19 subvariant, the flu, and RSV has overwhelmed hospitals that are severely understaffed and unable to treat patients adequately. That’s the dire situation that Saul Anuzis, president of 60 Plus, raises in a new op-ed in RealClearHealth. The state of staffing in American hospitals is alarming. Anuzis ticks through the…

After three days of striking, New York City nurses returned to work after a series of successful negotiations with hospital executives rendered improved staffing ratios for healthcare workers. While this strike is a success story in achieving more manageable workplace conditions, the issues at hand are not isolated to New York City. Staffing shortages and…

The widespread burnout running rampant among the nursing community came to a head in New York City on early Monday morning. Hundreds of striking nurses from the New York State Nurses Association took to Madison Avenue, camping out in front of Mount Sinai hospital demanding more sustainable working conditions. The movement was the largest nursing…

The thought of tending to a child so sick they require professional medical attention is both heartbreaking and panic inducing. Yet that reality has become even more horrifying as hospitals struggle to keep up with an unprecedented demand for pediatric medical care in the past few months. Understaffed hospitals have forced parents to endure agonizing…

All too often, individuals forget the most central component of the healthcare sector — care, itself. Our medical facilities rely wholly on the individuals who make up their workforce. Nursing is a fundamentally selfless profession, predicated on RNs giving of themselves until we, their patients, are fully rehabilitated. It’s why they are so often referred…

In yet another blow to an already crippled workforce, there appears to be no respite for healthcare workers this holiday season. In the midst of what many considered the conclusion of COVID-19, a new “tridemic” threatens to take hold of the public and overwhelm healthcare systems nationwide. The outbreak, fueled by the simultaneous spread of…

As winter approaches, hospitals nationwide are preparing for – or already handling – a surge of sick patients. With the cold weather keeping people indoors, viruses and air-borne diseases are spreading rapidly, leading to the spread of a trio of respiratory illnesses. How are hospitals going to deal with this? NPR’s Ari Shapiro sat down…

The healthcare sector has suffered from a nationwide nursing shortage for years. This lack of staffing has forced nurses to work longer shifts and double up on patients to adequately serve patients in need. If this shortage is not addressed, patients will suffer the consequences.   The nursing deficit can lead to longer wait times…

Noah Peters, former Solicitor at the Federal Labor Relations Authority, wrote a recent piece in Law360 that examines a mundane labor dispute in which the plaintiffs claim human trafficking and RICO laws have been violated. The claims would massively expand the scope of those laws and undermine the future of innovative healthcare solutions that assuage…

For decades, medical professionals and industry experts have warned of an extreme shortage of registered nurses nationwide. As the aging population grows and COVID-19 impacts still linger, nurses have become overwhelmed and many have opted for retirement – reducing the quality of care for patients. McKinsey estimates that, without any meaningful solution, the U.S. could…

Registered nurses are responsible for a wide range of duties in a hospital, from coordinating patient care, administering medications and treatments, to providing advice and emotional support to patients and their loved ones. Not to mention, all during a 12-hour shift. In hospitals, nurses generally outnumber doctors by 3:1. Typically, doctors spend only a few…

Registered nurses are the glue that keeps medical facilities together. Serving as patient advocates and skilled care providers, nurses provide a high level of direct care to patients. However, sustaining the United States healthcare workforce is a daunting task. Concerns surrounding a potential nursing shortage have loomed for years, and the situation has only worsened….

Nursing is the largest healthcare profession in the U.S., accounting for about 4 million registered nurses. Filling a critical role in the function of hospitals, medical centers, and nursing homes, nurses provide expert care from birth to the end of life. However, the need for RNs has surged during the pandemic. This, combined with an…

Recent reporting from Skilled Nursing Newsoutlines how many in the healthcare sector believe immigration “is one obvious solution” to the nursing shortage that continues to undermine patients across the country. As noted in the article, the health care sector “is operating with 14% less of its pre-pandemic workforce” thanks to it losing “nearly 229,000 caregivers…

America’s nursing shortage has existed for years, but the strain that covid-19 placed on our country’s healthcare system exacerbated the lack of professionals available to treat patients – including many seniors. But as 60 Plus President Saul Anuzis argues in a new op-ed in the Detroit News, the shortage doesn’t have to be this acute….

Nurses are a crucial component of our healthcare system, and they make up the largest occupation in the field. However, the nursing profession has also continued to make up the majority of healthcare job openings. The U.S. has experienced a rise in the shortage of nurses, and COVID-19 has exacerbated it as 1 in 5…

McKinsey & Company, the well-known management consulting and advisory firm, published a new report titled “Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the nursing workforce” in May. The report, written by Gretchen Berlin, Meredith Lapointe, Mhoire Murphy, and Joanna Wexler, predicts the lingering impacts of COVID-19 on the nursing workforce over the next few years, as…

Admiral Kenneth Moritsugu is an expert when it comes to public health systems and policies. As the former Deputy Surgeon General of the United States as well as former Acting Surgeon General, he has a wealth of knowledge about the county’s health care system. He recently wrote an op-ed for RealClearHealth in which he discusses…