Two Lehigh Valley Health Network nurses showcased the network’s innovative approach to patient care during the pandemic at a conference in Philadelphia. 

Improvements to Pennsylvania’s nurse licensing process will allow new nursing school graduates to more quickly obtain a temporary practice permit as they study for their nursing exams, the state recently announced.

Cedar Crest College, Allentown, has been ranked as one of the year’s best schools for earning a master’s degree online by OnlineMastersDegrees.org.  

Governor Tom Wolf today announced a $297,000 grant to expand BAYADA Home Health Care’s nurse residency apprenticeship program to help adults and children who need home health care in Pennsylvania. 

The nursing shortage in Pennsylvania -- and across the country -- isn’t new, it’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic, according to the head of the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association in Harrisburg. 

Lehigh Carbon Community College and Aspen University, Denver, CO., announce a new transfer agreement that provides LCCC graduates in the Associate in Applied Science in Nursing program a uniquely affordable and flexible pathway for furthering their education and advancing their nursing careers.

Moravian University announced a partnership with St. Luke’s University Health Network to develop a special RN to BSN program that allows prospective students to complete one application for both St. Luke’s School of Nursing and the Helen S. Breidegam School of Nursing and Public Health.

Shortly after rallying outside of the state Capitol to demand that legislators add health care staffing into the 2021-22 budget, nursing home workers from 12 different homes across the state have voted to strike next month.

American Nurses Credentialing Center notified LVHN that the health network’s Lehigh Valley-based hospitals and services achieved Magnet designation for the fifth consecutive time. ANCC Magnet Recognition Program distinguishes health care organizations that demonstrate excellence in nursing services. Magnet recognition is the highest national credential for nursing excellence.

Nurses experience clinical depression at twice the rate of the general public. We talked to area nurses to find out why and what can be done to help.