Oscar Mateo dreamed of being an artist, but after he contracted leukemia when he was 20, his life plans abruptly changed. The compassionate nursing care he received while hospitalized touched him so ...

"California must invest in competitive faculty pay, loan-repayment incentives, faculty diversity initiatives and regulatory ...

Since the pandemic, nursing in California has taken a hit. With an estimated the shortage of 36,000 licensed nurses, a decade long shortage that was exacerbated by COVID-19 and limited capacity at ...

Lorena Burkett, a registered nurse at Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, says the state’s nursing shortage is rooted in heavy workloads that dissuade young people from entering the field and drive ...

Nearly 60% of California counties face nursing shortages. Nurses blame management-driven staffing crises and poor working conditions, while hospital administrators cite skyrocketing costs and federal ...

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As California faces a critical shortage of registered nurses, Samuel Merritt University (SMU), a leader in health science education for over a century, is taking ...

January 22, 2026 - Fausto Lopez finished high school, got an associate degree and applied to attend a four-year college - all while inside juvenile detention. Across California, health care costs ...

Nurse assistant Christina Torrez works on a patient’s chart at work at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto, Calif., on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. Andy Alfaro [email protected] We all valued the ...

Registered nurses from across California will hold a march on Wednesday, Jan. 21, in Sacramento. Nurses intend to highlight their concerns that new staffing standards being considered for acute ...

California is facing a serious nursing shortage, and our communities feel the strain every day. Fewer qualified, diverse nurses mean longer wait times, gaps in culturally competent care, and widening ...

Kaweah Health and Unitek College celebrated the first graduating cohort of the Kaweah Health Nursing Education Pathway.