Daily Nurse

JUNE 9, 2025

healthcare system continues to grapple with a historic nursing shortage, the proposed FY 2026 federal budget threatens to accelerate the crisis through sweeping cuts to nursing education, research, and Medicaid support—posing profound implications for workforce sustainability, patient access, and innovation.

Medicaid

American Nurse

JULY 14, 2025

Bureau of Labor Statistics, the current national nursing shortage leaves many nursing roles—in acute care, long-term care, and community settings—unfilled. To prepare more future nurses, pre-licensure nursing programs require adequate faculty. plan to increase their roles as nurse educators.

Best Practices

Daily Nurse

APRIL 28, 2023

Nurses are essential to healthcare, yet nursing shortages have persisted for decades. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these shortages to crisis levels, with demand for nurses outpacing supply in nearly every region. What’s Causing Nursing Shortages? million registered nurses nationwide.

Nurse Shortage

Health Leaders | Nursing

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The center, housed at the University of Kansas (KU) School of Nursing , joins more than 40 other state nurse workforce entities engaged in increasing the nursing labor pool to resolve the critical nursing shortage. Maliski, PhD, FAAN , dean of KU School of Nursing.

Nurse Shortage