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, we cover AI charting risks, racial bias in healthcare tools, nurse-led care, job satisfaction trends, and share the latest nursing jobs available. But first, it doesn't mean we sleep either... Featured Jobs 🩺 Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Associates Kissimmee, FL $80,000-$100,000 Apply...
4 days ago • 2 min read
From Pandemic Nurse to Home Health This nurse talks about her move from coast to coast as a pandemic nurse before settling in on home health Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week, one nurse shares her journey working in the hospital during the COVID pandemic before burning out and deciding to try working in home health. We also discuss the EPA and HHS actions against microplastics, how increased health costs may shape midterms, and a new...
9 days ago • 4 min read
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, we cover the latest on staffing pressures, nurse strikes across the country, and a major forensic nursing organization shutting down, plus the latest nursing jobs available. But first, when short staffing is the norm... Featured Jobs 🩺 Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - On-Call/Per Diem...
11 days ago • 2 min read
From Esthetician to Surgical Nurse to School Nurse How this nurse changed up her career as an esthetician to become a school nurse Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week, one nurse talks about all the schooling that brought her from esthetician to public health nurse working with high schoolers. We also discuss how 30% of adults use AI chatbot for health information, why the White House is still not Sready to nominate a CDC director, and how...
16 days ago • 4 min read
AI is already here. What nurses need to know now 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, we explore how AI is changing healthcare, what it means for nurses, share a dispatch from AONL, and highlight the latest nursing jobs available. Featured Jobs 🩺 Nursing Director: Lead Care, Compliance & Team Excellence, Arcadia Care Jacksonville, IL Apply Now → ☤ Supervisor,...
18 days ago • 3 min read
Changing Things Up With Travel Nursing This nurse took on a travel assignment in order to see more of the United States Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week one nurse shares her story from pipetting in a lab to travel nursing across the Pacific North West. We also talk about extended postpartum coverage in Wisconsin, a judge's ruling on RFK Jr. overstepping legal authority, as well as a recall for children's ibuprofen. But first, reminder...
23 days ago • 3 min read
2026 Nursing Alert: Rural Closures, Medicaid Gaps, and a Big Win for Science Your twice-weekly roundup of nursing news, work trends, and opportunities While 2026 brings new clinical tools, it also brings a shifting legal and economic landscape. This week, we look at three stories that define the "safety net" our patients rely on and how we deliver care. We also share the latest job opportunities. But first, it's one of those days! #nursinglife 🩺😂 Featured Jobs 🩺 Travel Nurse RN - Progressive...
25 days ago • 2 min read
Balancing Chemo Nursing and New Motherhood From 4 a.m. pumping to a 12-hour shift; a progressive care nurse shares her story Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses, for nurses. This week, we follow a progressive care and chemo-certified nurse navigating life as a new mom—early mornings, 12-hour shifts, and a carefully balanced routine that makes it all work. We also share the latest jobs, and cover blocks to HHS changes to childhood vaccines, a Salmonella...
30 days ago • 4 min read
Frontline Intelligence: Navigating the New Realities of Modern Nursing Your twice-weekly roundup of nursing news, work trends, and opportunities This week, we bridge the gap between policy and practice—from the rise of nursing career ladders and the surge in Medicaid dental ER visits to the critical nursing role in preventing measles-related SSPE. Whether you are navigating shifting regulations or advocating for the most vulnerable, your clinical leadership is the anchor of the healthcare...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read