The NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing recently named Jacquelyn Taylor, PhD, PNP-BC, RN, FAHA, FAAN, the inaugural Vernice D. Ferguson Professor in Health Equity. Vernice D. Ferguson (1928-2012) was a distinguished nurse leader, educator, and champion for the health […]
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In honor of CRNA Week, our Nurses of the Week are two Columbia University nursing students who traveled to Ecuador on a surgical mission. Julian Piazzola and William Scott, both members of the Columbia Nursing Class of 2018, jumped at
NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro recently interviewed Peter Buerhaus, a nursing professor and healthcare economist at Montana State University, about the changing nursing industry. Following a previous call-in with nurses around the country to hear their thoughts about the future of the
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The Empire State recently became the first state in the nation to require nurses to obtain a bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN). Signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo at the beginning of January, the bill requires that new nurses obtain a
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Sarah L. Szanton, PhD, ANP, FAAN, professor and director of the PhD program at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON), has been named director of the Center for Innovative Care in Aging. Szanton is set to take over the
Our Nurse of the Week is Donna Manning, a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML), who is now giving back to her university and profession after finding her calling. After coming close to quitting nursing school in her
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With HIV becoming an epidemic in Narva, Estonia, six recent nursing graduates from Harford Community College (HCC) traveled to Estonia to educate high school students about HIV/AIDS prevention. Rather than completing the typical practicum needed to graduate, these students chose
A new study led by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing found that patient satisfaction with care in hospitals declines when patients believe there are not enough nurses on wards. The study findings were based on the
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2017 was an important year for the healthcare industry nationwide, with multiple states enacting new laws to equip advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) with full practice authority, allowing them to practice to the top of their education scope. APRNs —
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Lawmakers in the state of Indiana have proposed a new bill that would offer grants to nursing faculty to help repay part of their college loans in order to help ease a shortage of nurses across the state. Registered nurses
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