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Top Nursing Specialties for 2025

Diversity Nursing

Why Its Growing: The ongoing Nursing shortage and the need for highly qualified instructors. Oncology Nurse Navigator Oncology Nurse Navigators guide patients through the complex journey of cancer treatment, offering education, emotional support, and care coordination. Average Salary: $105,201 per year.

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The Future of Travel Nursing: Market Predictions for 2025

The Gypsy Nurse

This model has been particularly advantageous for healthcare facilities experiencing nursing shortages, seasonal peaks, or specialized care needs that require expertise that isnt available locally. In recent years, the demand for travel nurses has surged due to the strain on the healthcare system. According to the U.S.

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Here Are 4 Ways CNOs Can Drive Down Costs

Health Leaders | Nursing

Cost containment is an issue throughout all of healthcare, and because of the nursing shortage, keeping costs down has become an even more difficult task. According to Gail Vozzella, senior vice president and chief nurse executive at Houston Methodist, the nursing shortage drives up labor costs and turnover costs in nursing.

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Selecting Staffing Models: How CNOs Can Nurture Patients and Nurses

Health Leaders | Nursing

Nurse leaders must determine what staffing model works best for both patients and nurses, says this CNO. The nursing shortage continues to be one of the biggest concerns for CNOs across the country, and many are brainstorming creative staffing models to recruit and retain more nurses.

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What Are Best Practices in Nursing Practice Redesign?

Health Leaders | Nursing

This is a question that's being asked all over the country right now about advanced practice, but it’s also true for physicians, nurses, and medical assistants, as the nursing shortage is real. We need to be creative about how we deploy people, and how we put them together in teams.

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Intermountain Sees Unexpected Benefits in Virtual Nursing Pilot

Health Leaders | Nursing

Fox says the concept was launched to address not only the ongoing nursing shortage, but to improve the patient experience. The pilot program uses a virtual nursing station within the hospital and shifts nurses on the unit between in-person and virtual care.

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The Exec: Advanced Practice Providers Key to Managing Physician Shortages

Health Leaders | Nursing

This is a question that's being asked all over the country right now about advanced practice, but it’s also true for physicians, nurses, and medical assistants, as the nursing shortage is real. We need to be creative about how we deploy people, and how we put them together in teams.