"This is the right time to stick your toe in the water and test your competencies and see how they measure in the market." - Rachel Polhemus, a senior partner at WittKieffer.

Though the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to the nursing shortage, created high unemployment numbers, and otherwise stalled countless careers, find out here how Chief Nursing Officers (CNO) will find opportunities in the employment market right now, one nurse recruiter says.

The Skills CNOs Need to Advance Their Careers During a Pandemic

Nurse leaders who are seeking a job change 'will find opportunities,' says one nurse recruiter.

Nurses Celebrate California's Return to Safe Staffing Ratios

State's repeal of waivers 'incredible victory for patients and nurses.'

Joint Commission Issues Alert to Help Nurses, Healthcare Workers With COVID-19 Crisis

Nurses and other frontline healthcare workers tell their stories in a new publication, Voices from the pandemic.

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Women in Healthcare Leadership: Robin Hoeg

The COO of hospital and primary care services at Winona Health details her 30-year career with the Minnesota-based health system, rising from registered staff nurse to the C-suite.

Healthcare Shed 30K Jobs in January

Healthcare, once a job-creating dynamo in the U.S. economy, has shed 542,000 jobs since February 2020.

Must Reads

St. Vincent Hospital nurses to take strike vote on Wednesday — Worcester Telegram & Gazette

MIlford nurses kick off mail-in voting for unionization — Milford Daily News

MVHS nurses speak out about pandemic conditions in system — Utica Observer-Dispatch

First-generation Penn student invents wearable light for nurses — The Philadelphia Inquirer

'I was just bawling in my PPE': Surge fades, but anguish remains for healthcare workers — Los Angeles Times

Nurses sue two central Pa. health systems over secretive 'non-poach' worker recruitment agreement — PennLive.com

A buddy system can help doctors and nurses weather the Covid-19 maelstrom — Stat News

2 nurses: Her mom battled 1918 pandemic, she fights this one — Associated Press

Marquette University receives $31 million to transform College of Nursing as Wisconsin faces impending nurse shortage — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Mayo nurse reflects on a year in the COVID-19 world — WQOW

How nurses went from saving lives to saving healthcare — The Nation

Healthcare heroes honored during Super Bowl LV — Fox4KC.com

Nursing NOW Virtual Summit

Explore nursing's new "normal" by participating in Nursing NOW, HealthLeaders' exclusive virtual event on February 24. Learn how your nursing leadership peers have adapted and adjusted their management methods in the wake of 2020’s healthcare sea change. This free online summit will offer valuable and helpful material as you continue to move forward.

See the session lineup and register at: https://interactive.healthleadersmedia.com/Nursing-NOW-2021/sessions-2913QU-8103KV.html#

That's it for this Monday. As always, any tips, thoughts, or advice are always welcome at cdavis@healthleadersmedia.com

Have a good week and stay safe!