Long Island Business News
Rockville Centre-based Mercy Hospital is receiving $4 million in multiyear funding, thanks to Mother Cabrini Health Foundation‘s new Nursing Initiative program. The funding is designed to foster nursing excellence, support nurses throughout their careers and enhance outcomes for patients and families…
…The funding comes at a time of a continued nursing shortage. In 2023, the average vacancy rate for hospital registered nurses (RNs) was 16 percent, with 62 percent of hospitals reporting vacancy rates of 12.5 percent or more, according to a report released in July of 2024 by the Albany-based Center for Health Workforce Studies…