Addiction continues to be one of society’s most complex and prevalent problems. Millions of Americans abuse alcohol, drugs and nicotine every year. No culture is exempt from substance abuse–it is an equal opportunity disease that crosses all cultures. Over the […]
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When you choose your allied health graduate program, you want to make sure you get a great education and solid professional training. But let’s face it, you also want to make sure you get the most bang for your buck.
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It may be the federal government that launched the national initiative to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health by the year 2010, but it’s minority nurses who are taking the ball and running with it. As part of former
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You did it! Not only did you make it through your undergraduate degree with flying colors, but you also worked your way through graduate school’s required hardships, like the grueling application process, entrance exams, ascertaining letters of recommendation and more.
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Ask Donna J. Thompson, MS, RN, about the view from the chief executive officer suite at Access Community Health Network, the nation’s largest network of community health centers providing care to medically underserved communities, and she will tell you that
As a teenager, Elena Avila joined her high school’s nursing club and idolized those who wore the cape and the white cap. But after earning her BSN degree from the University of Texas and embarking on a career as a
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Have you ever dreamed of earning a degree without setting foot in a classroom? Are you self-motivated and a whiz on the Internet but lack the time needed to enroll in an on-campus program? If so, a distance learning program
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ECU@SOSU nursing students Karen Holiday, Dana Danderson, Sabrina Durant and Brandie Gray participate in a clinical day at the Choctaw Nation Health Care Center in Talihina, Oklahoma. Providing baccalaureate nursing education in a culturally diverse rural setting affords unique opportunities
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Why is it that African American and Hispanic women have lower incidence rates of breast cancer than white women but higher mortality rates? One theory is that, for a variety of reasons, they are more likely to be diagnosed late,
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For most people, going to nursing school, passing the boards and working as an RN in today’s often stressful health care arena is difficult enough. But for people who have physical disabilities, pursuing the dream of becoming a nurse can
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