TOPEKA — Kansas’ shortage of nurses, aides and other personnel required to operate long-term care facilities substantially increased since 2020 to rank fourth among the most problematic states in the nation, a survey says. The…

TOPEKA — Kansas health care entities hope a series of programs and funding opportunities will help home and community-based services rebound from a serious workforce shortage exacerbated by the pandemic. A survey conducted monthly by…

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Nurses around the U.S. are getting burned out by the COVID-19 crisis and quitting, yet applications to nursing schools are rising, driven by what educators say are young people who see…

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a nurse staffing crisis that is forcing many U.S. hospitals to pay top dollar to get the help they need to handle the crush of patients this summer. The problem,…

Lindsey Shaughnessy remembers recently taking stock of her life, knowing she should feel content. She had a supportive husband, Brian, two children and a successful business, O’Shaughnessy Liquor. But she also had a dream. She’d…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Four nurses at a rural health department in Kansas are refusing to administer any COVID-19 vaccines, citing the fast development and production of the shots. Coffey County Public Health Administrator Lindsay…

Hospital and nursing officials fear that if COVID-19 cases continue unchecked there won’t be enough nurses to staff new hospital beds in the near future in the Kansas City metro area. “All the things we…

Home health nurses Tessa Galemore and Darla Ulrich sorted through Iolan Meredith Rogers’ medications Thursday, making sure everything was in order for the days ahead. They had just one more responsibility, though, before they could…

Dear editor, The lack of nuance by Allen County Regional Hospital’s (ACRH) administration regarding the staffing shortage was conspicuous in the recent article dated Jan. 26, “Nurses needed STAT.” I personally feel it was a…

Chelsea Buck quit her job as a nurse at Allen County Regional Hospital in 2015 to explore the vast opportunities in the nursing field, working on an ?as needed? basis at other hospitals in the…