Nurses

We’ll go On the Record with the chief nurse executive for the University of Maryland Medical System. A nursing shortage still grips U.S. healthcare. How can the system onboard students faster while making sure they grasp all they need to know about patient care?

What’s being done to address the US nursing shortage? The approach the University of Maryland Medical System is piloting gives students many more hours of hands-on training by instructors who are on-the-job nurses, eager to teach. How is it working?

The stress of more than two years of pandemic is pushing many nurses to consider leaving the bedside. What can be done to improve conditions and reduce stress? We speak with a local nurse and hear about a statewide effort to raise resilience and prevent burnout.

Maryland, like the rest of the country, is still is still in dire need of nurses. What are some creative ways to attract more people to the field?

We’ll go On the Record with a nursing school dean, a student and the head of the Maryland Nurses Association to talk about the causes and consequences of the shortage of nurses. The state needs 10-thousand nurses over the next decade. Can accelerated college training help?

Gov. Larry Hogan says he plans to introduce legislation authorizing out-of-state nurses and nursing students to fill staff shortages in future health crises.

We’re honoring Nurses Week with one of thousands of stories about our patients and their families as told by nurse Lisa Trotta, who works in our hospital…