The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is now requiring nursing homes to test staff for COVID-19. The regulatory change, announced Tuesday, is a move from the former policy of recommending ...

Nursing oversight groups in the United States and Canada are holding the line on testing standards as more would-be nurses fail entry exams. As a result, pressure is growing to make tests easier to ...

Elsevier Health has developed a standardized, objective test to help instructors assess nursing students’ clinical judgment and practice readiness. The HESI Clinical Practice Readiness Assessment, ...

More nursing homes are waiting longer for COVID-19 test results for residents and staffers, according to federal data, making the fight against record numbers of omicron cases even harder. The double ...

PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island was slow to start coronavirus testing on patients coming from hospitals to nursing homes, it was slow to test nursing home workers and residents, and even now it is slow in ...

A national board says the exam that accredits registered nurses in Puerto Rico may fail to meet U.S. testing standards in nursing, which could affect Central Florida’s ability to recruit bilingual ...

Arizona nursing home officials say waits of more than a week for COVID-19 test results have made it difficult to detect and control the highly infectious virus that has killed hundreds of residents ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is calling for nursing homes to test all residents and staff over the next two weeks as it prepares to "reopen" the country, but advocates and industry executives ...