Healthcare News and Education

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act was intended to increase health insurance coverage for adults under 65. New research suggests its cancer benefits also extended to older adults. A study led by American Cancer Society researchers found Medicaid expansion was...

September 17, 2026

What Happens When a Therapist Needs Help? Inside a Healthcare Safety Gap

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Kara Smith remembers standing outside a patient’s door with a...

August 21, 2026

Nearly 1 in 4 ED Boarders Wait 4+ Hours for Inpatient Teams to Take Over Care

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Nearly one in four patients boarding in hospital emergency departments...

August 19, 2026

Legislation & Policy

From Medicaid to Vaccines: 8 Federal Healthcare Changes Nurses Should Know

September 1, 2026

New Federal English Testing Rules Could Delay International Nurses Entering U.S. Workforce

August 25, 2026

New Federal Bill Would Limit Mandatory Overtime for Nurses Nationwide

August 17, 2026

Clinical Updates

Nurses Train for Disasters. But One Critical Part of Preparedness May Be Missing

September 10, 2026

Dehydration Can Make the Heart Work Harder. Here’s What Nurses Should Know

September 7, 2026

Oncology Units Cut CLABSIs 40% by Going Back to the Basics

September 5, 2026

Nurse Stories

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She Spent 11 Shifts Watching Oncology Nurses Work. Here’s What This CNS Found

September 4, 2026

When the OB/GYN Office Closes, This Nurse’s Workday Begins

August 17, 2026

From Symptoms to Systems: Nurses Confront the Health Effects of Climate Change

May 25, 2026

Why Nurses Must Speak Up Now—and Why It’s Part of Clinical Practice

January 22, 2026

Remembering Dr. Barbara Nichols: The Nurse Leader Who Changed Nursing Forever

July 28, 2026

Lifestyle

Health & Lifestyle

25 Years After 9/11, Firefighter Illnesses Reveal the Long-Term Risks of Occupational Exposure

September 11, 2026

Health & Lifestyle

Can’t Hit 10,000 Steps? Walking Pace May Matter, Too, Study Finds

September 10, 2026

Health & Lifestyle

New Testing Detects Lead in 7 of 8 Tampons, But Findings Don’t Show a Health Risk

August 28, 2026

Health & Lifestyle

What School Nurses Want Families to Know Before the First Day of School

August 10, 2026

Health & Lifestyle

Childhood Trauma May Affect Adult Relationships for Years, Study Finds

July 23, 2026

Health & Lifestyle

America Turns 250: The Forgotten Caregivers Who Helped Care for a New Nation

July 2, 2026

Health & Lifestyle

From Surveillance to Support: Why Nurses Must Be Partners in Drug Diversion Prevention

July 1, 2026

Health & Lifestyle

Lululemon’s Healthcare Discount Sparks New Debate Over Recognition of Physician Assistants

June 30, 2026

Healthcare Heroes

How Tamie Sturgis, LPN, Transformed a TBI Survivor’s Life and Became a Nurse Approved Healthcare Hero

February 28, 2026

Healthcare Heroes

Why the Healthcare Hero Award Matters

February 11, 2026

Healthcare Heroes

Nurse Approved Healthcare Hero: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Dr. Janell Green Smith, DNP, CNM

January 20, 2026

Healthcare Heroes

Nurse Approved Healthcare Hero: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Dr. Janell Green Smith, DNP, CNM

January 20, 2026

Career Advice

From AI to Clinical Judgment: Inside the Work of Preparing Future Nurses

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Preparing the next generation of nurses increasingly involves questions that barely existed when many of today’s nursing leaders entered the...

August 31, 2026