Luckily for you, allied health professionals are in great demand. Unluckily for you, getting and keeping the certification you need can be a challenge. Between ever-changing educational requirements, certification exams, continuing education requirements and the confusion surrounding certification versus registration […]
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New nursing technology has opened endless opportunities for superior care, says Susan R. Stafford, R.N., B.S.N., M.P.A., M.B.A., Associate Chief Nursing Officer of Nursing Informatics at the Cleveland Clinic Stanley Shalom Zielony Institute for Nursing Excellence. The Zielony Institute oversees
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Cultural competency expert Josepha Campinha-Bacote, RN, PhD, CS, CNS, CTN, FAAN The Office of Minority Health’s national standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in health care have been a matter of public record ever since the final version
Last issue, Minority Nurse addressed infant mortality in minority communities, discussing some of the disparities, research, and solutions surrounding the issue. This piece was submitted as a supplement to “A Quiet Crisis: Racial Disparities and Infant Mortality” Aim for a
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Just how serious are the nation’s drug and pharmaceutical companies about developing new medicines designed to close the gap of unequal health outcomes between African Americans and the white majority? Judging from a recent survey by the Pharmaceutical Research and
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If you’re a nurse who wants more face time with patients, then a career in dermatology nursing might be a good option for you. Seriously, dermatology–the treatment of medical conditions affecting the skin, hair and nails–is a field poised for
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What do astronauts on the International Space Station have in common with Alaska Natives on Little Diomede Island, just 2.5 miles from Russia in the Bering Strait? Not much, other than they both receive health care services via telehealth technology
Q: When is a continuing education program more than just a way to earn those all-important CEUs? A: When it’s also part of a national outreach effort to engage nurses in the fight against one of the nation’s most tragic
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In a year when the Philippine Nurses Association of America is proudly celebrating its 30th anniversary as an important and highly respected presence in our nation’s nursing landscape (see Directing Our Destiny), it might seem strange that the immigration of
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According to the 2003 National Survey of Children’s Health, more than 300,000 Hispanic children have been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), a condition that can affect kidsÂ’ ability to learn successfully in school and perform other daily activities. To help
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