Gov. Tom Wolf is expected to sign a $40.8 billion general fund budget that includes the largest education funding increase in state history and allocates millions of dollars from Pennsylvania’s share of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) for rental assistance, child care, nursing home and long-term care recovery and more, before its Wednesday deadline.

Shortly after rallying outside of the state Capitol to demand that legislators add health care staffing into the 2021-22 budget, nursing home workers from 12 different homes across the state have voted to strike next month.

Health science and nursing programs at the Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences have both seen an increase in enrollment for the fall and spring, which could be a factor of the spotlight given to health care careers during the pandemic.

Lehigh Carbon Community College students who graduate with an Associate Degree in Nursing can now enroll in Harrisburg University’s Bachelor of Science (BSN) degree in Nursing program for half the cost of tuition.

Nursing programs across the country turned away more than 75,000 qualified applicants last year as colleges dealt with a dearth of faculty and budget constraints that kept them from growing enrollment.

Nurses experience clinical depression at twice the rate of the general public. We talked to area nurses to find out why and what can be done to help.

Geisinger Health System’s newest executive oversees the Danville-based hospital system’s 6,500-plus nurses.