Facing steep growth in demand, constant turnover and employee retirements, Alaska’s health care industry has a staggering need for new workers, a new report says. “To meet those variables, we have to ...

Employing virtual nurses in medical-surgical units will increase the ratio of nurse:patient from 1:4 to 1:6, raising safety ...

Alaska’s healthcare industry is struggling with a significant worker shortage, requiring more than 9,400 new workers each year to meet ...

Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, voiced their support for the bill. The bill is named after 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, who was killed last year by a ...

The states and districts that pay Nursing Aides the highest mean salary are District of Columbia ($47,860), Alaska ($47,080), California ($47,070), Oregon ($46,970), and Washington ($46,430).

As Alaska grapples with a nursing vacancy rate of 24%, the clash between staff and administration underscores a larger question: Can technology truly alleviate systemic health care challenges?