Operation Smile is an international medical charity that provides free surgeries for children and young adults in developing countries who are born with cleft lip, cleft palate, or other facial deformities. In honor of National Nurses Week, Operation Smile is […]
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According to Ramona Yehle, PhD, MS, RN, adjunct professor, graduate nursing programs at American Sentinel University, nurses working in the specialized field of nursing informatics are thriving. She’s not alone among healthcare leaders who are predicting that nursing informatics is
Yesterday afternoon the House of Representatives voted to pass the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a GOP-backed bill intended to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA; otherwise known as Obamacare). The bill was passed by a vote of
Indiana University School of Nursing researcher and assistant professor Lisa Carter-Harris is developing a new framework to understand lung cancer screening participation from the perspective of the individual. She was rewarded a grant of $458,334 by the National Cancer Institute
Our Nurse of the Week is Shihan Huang, a senior nursing student at the University of Michigan who was born with biliary atresia, a liver condition that gave her a slim chance of survival. She needed a liver transplant, but
After receiving a $2.1 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, the University of Minnesota (UMN) School of Nursing has decided to expand their mental health services to underserved parts of the state. UMN will be partnering with
The University of Rhode Island (URI) has partnered with The Miriam Hospital in Providence on a nursing mentorship program that allows registered nurses to work one-on-one with seniors from URI’s College of Nursing. The clinical experience is called a Dedicated
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The University of Minnesota School of Nursing (UMN) will be implementing a new focus on substance abuse among registered nurses. This isn’t an issue commonly covered in nursing programs, but the university wants students to be aware of addiction and
The Columbia University School of Nursing conducted a national survey finding that 40 percent of nursing students feel they need more education on preventing and controlling infection. Reported findings also included that more than half of respondents have witnessed breaches
Our Nurse of the Week is Adaya Troyer, a senior nursing student and undergraduate researcher at the University of Tennessee (UT) Knoxville who is using her own experience to help young children with asthma understand and manage their condition. Troyer
