This Week's Top Nursing Jobs and Headlines

Your twice-weekly roundup of nursing news, work trends, and opportunities

Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week's a big one: the Kaiser strike is officially over with 31,000 nurses returning to the bedside today, New Jersey is investing in loan relief and expanded programs to fight its staffing crisis head-on, and a measles surge is testing clinical teams who've never seen the disease in person. We've got all the details below, along with fresh job opportunities across the country.

Featured Jobs

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Surveyor - Hospital Nurse, The Joint Commission

Virtual (USA)

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Chronic Care Management Nurse (RN), Johnson County Hospital

Tecumseh, NE

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Director of Operations (RN) Up to $10,000 Relocation Incentive!, Georgia Hospice Care

Abbeville, GA

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Unit Manager (RN), National Health Care Associates

West Hartford, CT

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Clinical Nurse (RN) - IP Alternate Care Area (ACA): Step Down/AAU (0.9 FTE, 12-Hour Day Shifts, On-Call Required), Stanford Health Care

Palo Alto, CA

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Clinic RN - Float Personnel, Providence Health and Services

Eureka, CA

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Headlines in Healthcare

Thousands of Kaiser Permanente Nurses Return to Work After Month-Long Strike

After roughly four weeks on strike in California and Hawaii, an estimated 31,000 registered nurses and health care workers reached progress in contract talks and ended their walkout, returning to patient care duties. Kaiser says the union accepted its offer of 21.5% across-the-board wage increases, though the union framed the return as a strategic move to finalize remaining contract issues from a position of strength. Notably, over 40% of striking workers had already crossed picket lines last week.

New Jersey Expands Nursing Programs as Staffing Shortage Looms

New Jersey is projected to face a shortage of roughly 24,000–25,000 nurses by 2036, driven by retirements, burnout, and rising patient demand. In response, the state is expanding nursing class capacity and offering up to $50,000 in student loan relief for nursing faculty to help address educator shortages that limit how many students programs can admit. Leaders say faculty bottlenecks — not student interest — are now one of the biggest constraints on growing the nursing workforce.

Measles Surge Has Hospitals Scrambling, As Most Nurses Have Never Seen a Case

With over 900 confirmed measles cases already in 2026 (surpassing a quarter of last year's total in under two months), hospitals are confronting a challenge: most frontline nurses and doctors have never encountered the disease in practice. KFF Health News reported on a case in Asheville where twin boys arrived at 2 a.m. with classic measles symptoms, and staff had to navigate a diagnosis they'd only read about in textbooks. The Carolinas alone approached 1,000 cases.

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