The Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer Research recently awarded Rachel Walker with the Career Catalyst Research Award for $450,000. Walker is an assistant professor and nurse scientist at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst College of Nursing. Out […]
The Kent State University (KSU) College of Nursing celebrated their 50th anniversary this past Monday, Jan. 23. Gathering together the entire college of nursing, students and faculty showed up to celebrate the college’s historic past while focusing on diversity and
The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) College of Nursing and Health Innovation recently added five new nursing graduate degrees to its online catalog for the spring semester. The new online programs include a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degree
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Our Nurse of the Week is Brandy Smith, a 28-year-old who was working clinical rotations and taking nursing courses as a student at the University of Kentucky (UK) when she was diagnosed with stage-2 breast cancer. Determined not to let
Argosy University, Phoenix is launching a new Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program designed for licensed registered nurses (RNs) who have earned their associate’s degree or a diploma in nursing. The new program was created partly in response to
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A $5 million gift from Joanne and Bill Conway will go towards supporting the University of Virginia’s (UVA) fast-track-to-nursing program for non-nurses entering the profession. Their gift will go into effect in 2018, extending a gift bestowed in 2013 and
Travel Nurse across America (TNAA) recently announced their acquisition of competitor Trinity Healthcare Staffing Group. TNAA is a healthcare staffing agency that places travel nurses on assignments in all 50 states. Their acquisition will include Trinity’s facility-focused brand, Simpli Fi
With Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs already available at the Brookfield and Kenosha campuses in Wisconsin, Herzing University recently expanded its nursing program to include a BSN degree at its Madison campus. The program was launched to help
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Our Nurse of the Week is Loretta Bledsoe, a critical care nurse from Longwood, FL who helped deliver a 2-pound, 4-ounce baby on her flight home to Orlando before the plane made an emergency landing in Charleston. Bledsoe was an
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The University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) has appointed two inaugural Penn Nurse Innovation Fellows: Jennifer Pinto-Martin, PhD, MPH – Viola MacInnes/Independence Professor of Nursing, a Professor of Epidemiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and Executive
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