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A photo array of the 16 chief nursing officers who participated in the roundtableCNO Roundtable 2026Q5. What skills are hardest to find in nurse applicants? How are you supporting new hires?CLINICAL PIPELINEDanielle Gabele • Ventura County Medical Center and Santa Paula Hospital Critical thinking, innovation, and interpersonal communication are hardest to find. We recently updated our nurse...
A photo array of the 16 chief nursing officers who participated in the roundtableCNO Roundtable 2026Q2. Compared to a year ago, are your staffing and retention better, worse, or about the same?NURSING WORKFORCEDanielle Gabele • Ventura County Medical Center and Santa Paula Hospital Thanks to our robust nurse residency program (which is currently undergoing PTA accreditation) and a lot of local...
A photo array of the 16 chief nursing officers who participated in the roundtableCNO Roundtable 2026Chief Nursing Officer Roundtable 2026Leading change with optimism for nursing's futureBehind every decision, innovation, and patient outcome is a nurse leader navigating constant change. In our annual roundtable, local chief nursing officers discuss the challenges they face...
Illustration of a young mother holding a baby surrounded by daisiesFeatureA Movement Rooted in GratitudeHow the DAISY Award Transformed nursing recognitionTwelve years ago, a frightened 15-year-old arrived in the NICU at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). Maria Lara had just given birth, and her baby, whom she named James, had...
Nurse in blue scrubs talking to a patientNursing & Healthcare NewsAre California Staffing Laws Working?Ratios remain the gold standard, but the reality may be more complicatedTwo decades after the passage of California’s revolutionary nurse-patient ratio laws, new penalties and persistent nursing shortages raise fresh questions. California nurses have...

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Illustration of nurse pushing her hands away as if not listeningFeatureNurses and BullyingWorkplace culture expert Renee Thompson discusses what’s changed, what hasn’t, and where we go from hereBullying among nurses can take many forms: malicious gossip in the breakroom, mocking eye-rolls in patient areas, harsh words in the group chat, and cruel hazing of newcomers. Have things...
Nursing school faculty nurse in a white coat pointing to a plastic skeletonNursing & Healthcare NewsNursing No Longer “Professional”?Department of Education plans to limit graduate student loans for nursesUnder the Trump administration’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (P.L. 119-21), the federal Department of Education has proposed new limits on federal student loans for graduate nursing...
Male nurse in blue scrubs talking with a female doctor in white coat, walking down hospital hall.Nursing & Healthcare NewsRN Workforce ForecastNew nurses are filling the shortage, but more support is neededThe BRN recently released an updated California nursing workforce forecast, which projects that the state’s current RN shortage could be closed within the next four years! Pandemic...
Smiling Black male nurse takes the blood pressure of an older white woman.Nursing & Healthcare NewsNational Sample Survey of Registered NursesLatest results reveal how the nursing workforce has changed since the pandemic beganNew federal survey data released this spring gives a snapshot of the U.S. nursing workforce before and after the start of the COVID pandemic. COMPARING RESULTS FROM 2018 and 2022...
An older and younger nurse walking down a white hospital hallway.Nursing & Healthcare NewsA Win-Win ScenarioNew survey suggests making time for mentorship could improve retentionA recent survey from the American Nurses Foundation and McKinsey & Company suggests that creating more opportunities for intergenerational mentorship could be a way to improve retention...