Alaska is projected to have the highest number of nurse vacancies by 2030, with 23% of positions going unfilled, according to an Oct. 24 news release from Renton, Wash.-based Providence, the ...

Anchorage's Alaska Pacific University received a nearly $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to be distributed over five years to help diversify and expand the state’s nurse workforce.

The Alaska Senate on Friday passed a trio of bills broadly aimed at improving delivery of health care, granting final approval to the measures. All three, which originated in the House, are now headed ...

One of Anchorage, Alaska’s largest nursing homes was fined more than $310,000 by CMS after investigators discovered multiple instances of extended isolation of and chronic bedsores on residents, the ...

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? Amid ...

Nurse James Efird appeared on a wall-mounted screen that sat facing an empty white hospital bed. He was demonstrating technology installed for a new hybrid telenurse and bedside nurse program. “When ...

Alaska Pacific University, based in Anchorage, has pushed to establish partnerships and grow its licensed practical nursing program to fill gaps in Alaska’s healthcare workforce. Now it’s set to ...

Imagine providing nursing care in a place where snow-peaked mountains meet the water and the temperature is minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.