Original reporting on the things that move a nurse’s pay, license and workload — written and analysed by Jayson Minagawa, BSN, RN.
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act cut $911B from Medicaid. Over 28,000 healthcare workers have lost jobs and 800+ facilities have closed or cut services. Here's what nurses need to know.
Read article →Utah, Oregon, Washington, and Virginia have all passed or enacted new healthcare workplace violence prevention laws in 2026. Here's where state legislation stands and what it means for nurses.
Read article →New 2026 survey data: 25% of Gen Z nurses avoid mental health resources due to career and confidentiality fears, even as 74% report weekly emotional exhaustion. Here's what the data shows and what facilities actually need to do.
Read article →Home care aides, predominantly immigrant women, have been on hunger strike since April 17 demanding passage of Int. 303 — a bill that would ban shifts longer than 12 hours. The City Council promised a vote that hasn't come.
Read article →Nurses at Jefferson Einstein organized a rally April 24 opposing the health system's plan to close or transfer seven North Philadelphia pediatric practices by June 30, warning 14,000 children will lose continuity of care.
Read article →CMS's new 10-year LEAD ACO model launches January 1, 2027, replacing ACO REACH. Nursing homes have until May 17 to apply. Here's what it means for LTC and SNF nurses on the floor.
Read article →Healthcare workers face 5x more violence than any other industry. In 2026, at least 20 states enacted new laws—and a federal bill with teeth awaits a Senate vote.
Read article →SAVE, PAYE, and ICR repayment plans are phasing out July 1, 2026. Nurses on these plans must act now to protect their PSLF count and prepare for the new RAP plan.
Read article →Two new federal bills target private equity ownership of hospitals and nursing homes, citing 11% higher mortality in PE-owned facilities and routine staffing cuts.
Read article →NCSBN updated the NCLEX test plan April 1, 2026 — minor rename, unchanged weighting. But pass rates have slipped to 86.7% after the post-NGN spike. Here is what nursing students need to know.
Read article →State Medicaid rate cuts, OBBBA provider tax restrictions, and the CMS staffing mandate repeal are converging on SNF nursing. Here is what LTC nurses need to know.
Read article →Teamsters Local 2024 nurses at Corewell Health East voted 90% to authorize a strike over staffing ratios, eliminated pull pay, and a cancelled student loan repayment program.
Read article →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 →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.
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