July 21, 2026
(Becker’s) – For two years, nurses have battled artificial intelligence mostly at the bargaining table. A proposed set of AI billing codes has now opened a new front: how the technology is reimbursed. The American Medical Association is pushing to … Read More
July 10, 2026
(NYT) – Behind closed doors, millions of Americans are stepping into one of the hardest roles they’ll ever take on: caring for their aging parents. Times Opinion interviewed dozens of family caregivers across the country to paint a portrait of … Read More
July 1, 2026
(NYT) – A law meant to end surprise medical billing has led to large paydays for some surgical assistants, who can earn far more than the doctors they help. They do it by capitalizing on a law intended to protect … Read More
June 29, 2026
(Axios) – Nursing homes and other providers of senior care are predicting upheaval and cutbacks in the wake of last week’s Supreme Court decision to terminate temporary protected status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants. Why it matters: Individuals who in … Read More
June 25, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Many assume that if they can afford paid help in older age, they won’t need to rely on kin. They’re wrong. It is no secret that in the United States, the accessibility and quality of long-term care … Read More
June 25, 2026
(Marketplace) – Companies are developing AI tools that do everything from taking notes on appointments to proposing real diagnoses based on someone’s medical records. This winter, a nurses’ union in New York City with more than 10,000 members got protections … Read More
June 19, 2026
(NYT) – The United States is reliant on unpaid family caregivers, and millions of adult children are caring for parents who didn’t really care for them. In the early 2010s, a social-work researcher named Jooyoung Kong, now a professor at … Read More
May 28, 2026
(WSJ) – The job for some can be unpredictable and lonely. But for others, it offers travel, friendship, and a whiff of glamour. Nursing is hardly known as a glamorous profession. Long shifts, late nights and demanding patients take their … Read More
May 27, 2026
(WSJ) – Employers are clamoring for workers who can do doctor-like work but who are trained faster and can cost them less These days, heading to the doctor’s office often doesn’t involve a doctor. At least not directly. Instead, nurse … Read More
May 12, 2026
(Axios) – Nurses are using AI less frequently than physicians, and many feel like they’re being excluded from decision-making, according to survey data from scientific publisher Elsevier shown first to Axios. Why it matters: Nurses are often where the rubber … Read More
May 4, 2026
(NYT) – Some consider the regular feeding of late-stage dementia patients to be nonnegotiable. Others see it as extending life unnecessarily. Within a few years of that, Ms. Lawson could utter only a string of unintelligible sounds and had lost … Read More
April 6, 2026
(The Walrus) – There’s chaos in the waiting room. A glance at FirstNet, the app we use to track patients, shows that forty-three people have been triaged by nurses and are waiting to be seen. Nine have minor issues, such … Read More
April 2, 2026
(WSJ) – Plentiful jobs and potential six-figure incomes draw young people as other industries falter; ‘modern middle-class jobs engine’ Factory work used to be Americans’ most reliable ticket to the middle class. Office jobs offered another dependable route. But as … Read More
March 24, 2026
(The Guardian) – Caring for ageing parents is difficult in the best circumstances – when relationships are loving and siblings are collaborative. But for those who have had complicated relationships with their parents, especially those characterised by abuse, trauma or … Read More
March 11, 2026
(IVT News) – Suffering a miscarriage is still a “dismissive and dehumanising” experience in the UK, with women at further risk of harm and distress due to inadequate follow-up care, a report has found. Research published by the Miscarriage Association … Read More
January 28, 2026
(New York Times) – Executives who donated to the president’s super PAC met privately with him and urged a repeal of the rule, which was intended to prevent neglect of patients. Less than one month after the lunch meeting, Trump … Read More
January 13, 2026
(The New Yorker) – It’s as if the show’s creators absorbed every important conversation in health care today—and somehow transfigured it into good television. The scene is “The Pitt” in a nutshell. We see the everyday heroism of health-care workers, … Read More
December 29, 2025
Nursing Ethics (vol. 32, no. 7, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
December 3, 2025
(KFF Health News) – Spinal cord injuries, strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis have left tens of thousands of Americans permanently dependent on ventilators. The barriers these patients face offer a stark example of … Read More
October 20, 2025
Nursing Ethics (vol. 32, no. 6, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 13, 2025
(WSJ) – Health systems are joining with local high schools to create employee pipelines; ‘You can’t sit and wait to see who shows up’ Human resources advisory firm Mercer projects a deficit of 100,000 healthcare workers by 2028, mostly among … Read More
August 13, 2025
(The Guardian) – The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is experiencing “severe” staff shortages at all its hospitals, with the number of shortages increasing by 50% this fiscal year, according to a new report from the agency’s independent watchdog. … Read More
August 13, 2025
Nursing Ethics (vol. 32, no. 5, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
August 7, 2025
(NBC News) – Autumn Bardisa, 29, allegedly helped provide care to 4,486 patients from June 2024 to this January despite “never holding a valid nursing license,” the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said. Autumn Bardisa, 29, of Palm Coast, was facing … Read More
July 31, 2025
(The Walrus) – Still under 40, many are responsible for aging parents while raising kids and managing debt Being a millennial has also been a key to my caregiving experience. And I’m not unique. According to the American Association of … Read More
