The first Nurse Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summit and Hackathon was held at Northeastern University’s Boston Campus on June 17-19 with attending nurses from all practice settings. “Hackathon” was created from combining “hack” – writing computer programming for enjoyment – and […]
As newlywed couple Andrew Nixon and Julie Stroyne were exiting the Pennsylvanian Hotel in Pittsburgh as husband and wife for the first time they heard someone yelling for anyone who knew CPR. Being a trauma nurse, 24-year-old Stroyne ran over
Following a proposed rule change from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to allow full practice authority to all VA advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) when acting within the scope of their VA employment, Fox News hosted a video report
Kaplan University recently announced that two programs from its School of Nursing have received national accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program which began in 2013 has been granted initial accreditation
Tanya Sudia, PhD, RN, Professor, Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship, and Interim Graduate Program Director for the Louise Herrington School of Nursing at Baylor University received an award for the Best Oral Presentation at the Sixth Annual Pan-Pacific Nursing
A new Safe Staffing bill, A8580A, was passed by the NY Assembly on Tuesday night that requires every hospital and nursing home in the state adopt minimum staffing requirements and establish nurse-to-patient ratios in all nursing units. The bill also
Joshua McGill, a 26-year-old nursing student at Valencia College, was attempting to escape the chaos that ensued when a mass shooting broke at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub. McGill was at the nightclub with his roommates when the sound of gunshots at
After 19 contract negotiation sessions in the last 9 months, the nurses’ union at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston voted late on Monday to stage a one-day strike later this month. The nurses’ issues mainly include compensation,
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The School of Nursing at Rutgers University recently created an innovative nursing residency program to focus on preparing bachelor’s educated nursing graduates to work in out-of-hospital settings. Funded by the Helene Fuld Health Trust, a nonprofit foundation focusing on welfare
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree is a practice-focused doctorate for nurses for want a higher degree that gives them a clinical focus. It is the highest academic degree available in the field of nursing, and the University of
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