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LEARNING OPPORTUNITY: Denise Coppa, center, University of Rhode Island College of Nursing professor and interim associate dean, supervises as nurse practitioner student Elizabeth Grieser, right, examines a patient at Rhode Island Hospital.  COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

New federal student loan rules remove nursing’s ‘professional’ status reclassify nursing

Education 01/30/2026

It’s no secret that Rhode Island hospitals, like many health care facilities throughout the U.S., have grappled with increasingly steep nurse shortages in recent...

UNDER PRESSURE: Dr. Raymond Powrie, Care New England’s chief of medicine, acknowledges that financially “hard decisions have been made” during the pandemic. / PBN PHOTO/PAMELA BHATIA

Lifespan, CNE move toward merger, leaving many to wonder about side...

Coronavirus 09/18/2020

For decades, Rhode Island’s two largest hospital systems have been rivals, each enduring similar financial pressures on their own in a small but competitive...

A WORK IN PROGRESS: $45M program aims to reemploy Rhode Islanders,...

Coronavirus 09/04/2020

Scott R. Jensen watched helplessly as the number of out-of-work Rhode Islanders soared when COVID-19 hit in March. For months, unemployment claims climbed higher. And...

Battle looms over R.I. nursing home bill

Government 02/21/2020

State legislation that would hike pay rates for certified nursing assistants, would require nursing home caregivers to spend more time with each resident and...

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