Original reporting on the things that move a nurse’s pay, licence and workload — written and analysed by Jayson Minagawa, BSN, RN.
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Nurse.org's 2026 survey reversed three years of recovery: satisfaction down to 47%, 43% plan to leave bedside, 27% assaulted at work. Full breakdown.
Read article →DOGE federal grant terminations are dismantling nurse-staffed public health programs. $49B cut, $150M in COVID response, school nursing contracts gone.
Read article →Massachusetts nurses voted 98.2% to authorize a 1-3 day strike after filing an NLRB charge over Baystate's non-union float pool proposal tied to patient ratios.
Read article →NPR and KFF Health News investigate how real estate investment trusts profit from nursing homes while research links REIT ownership to lower staffing and worse inspection scores.
Read article →PeaceHealth settled a WSNA unfair labor practice charge: system-wide NLRB notices must be posted across WA, OR, and AK affirming nurses' right to strike without losing coverage.
Read article →Michigan's Senate passed bipartisan bills banning mandatory nurse overtime abuse in hospitals. If signed, Michigan becomes the 19th state with restrictions.
Read article →Kansas HB 2528 strips the Kansas Board of Nursing's authority to fine nurses over license renewals, voids non-practice violations back to 2025, and adds Senate confirmation of Board members.
Read article →A peer-reviewed study in Medical Care finds hospital nursing workloads increased since COVID and have not returned to baseline. Turnover sits at 16%, vacancy at 8% nationwide.
Read article →CMS proposes a 2.4% Medicare payment bump for SNFs in FY2027 — plus MDS submission changes that tighten documentation from 4.5 months to 45 days.
Read article →Nursing schools turned away 65,000-plus qualified applicants in 2024 because they didn't have enough faculty. A bipartisan bill proposes $15M annually to fix it.
Read article →CMS proposed CJR-X on April 10 — a mandatory nationwide bundled payment model for joint replacements that puts SNFs back under hospital cost pressure. Here's what it means for nurses.
Read article →The NCSBN 2026 Environmental Scan finds 40% of U.S. nurses plan to leave the profession within five years — a workforce crisis with no quick fix in sight.
Read article →A triage nurse was stabbed in the head at SSM Health DePaul Hospital in Missouri while helping a patient. The suspect took a plea this week. The pattern it represents is not new.
Read article →A new 2026 State of Nursing Survey shows job satisfaction has reversed three straight years of post-pandemic recovery. 43% of nurses say they're likely to leave the bedside within the year — and financial necessity is the primary reason most are still showing up.
Read article →Four states are advancing mandatory nurse-staffing ratio bills in 2026. What the proposals require, the hospital pushback, and what RNs can do right now.
Read article →Proposed 12.5% HHS funding cuts and H-1B visa fee hikes threaten rural hospital staffing pipelines. What this means for travel nurses and rural healthcare RNs.
Read article →CMS proposed rule would require insurers to respond to non-urgent prior auth requests within 24 hours. How this shifts the administrative burden on nursing staff and care coordinators.
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