It’s been more than two years since the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Wisconsin. Since then, more than 1 million Wisconsinites have contracted the disease, almost 12,000 have died and the state’s healthcare system has been pushed to the brink by multiple surges. At an in-person Wisconsin Health News Newsmaker Event in Madison on […]

Wisconsin’s nursing workforce is at a crossroads. Burnt out by the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses are fleeing the field, while those that remain are demanding better working conditions and more responsibility. Meanwhile, a lack of nursing educators is creating a bottleneck in the workforce pipeline. A panel of experts will examine the future of nursing in Wisconsin during […]