“You have been one of the pillars of the whole country. To you here and to your colleagues throughout Italy go my esteem and my sincere thanks, and I know well that I interpret the feelings of everyone,” Pope Francis
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Over the past month, a growing number of nursing associations have been calling upon members of the profession to take action against racism. The first official remarks appeared the day after George Floyd’s death. On May 31, the Minnesota Nurses
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The George Washington University School of Nursing has just received the largest philanthropic gift in the school’s history. Through the William and Joanne Conway Transitioning Warriors Nursing Scholars Initiative, $2.5 million in financial aid is being made available to help
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She may have left some male sparring partners with broken noses, but Canadian pro boxer Kim Clavel spent most of her twenties balancing pugilism with shifts as a nurse on a maternity ward. Nursing was a side-gig, though, and in
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As a single mother with a four-year-old daughter and another baby on the way, Felicia Shaner was already in a difficult position, but even after becoming homeless, this Nurse of the Week doggedly pursued her nursing studies. Now 26 years
Virtual college tours are quickly becoming a reality for many prospective students. Sure, there’s nothing that can compare to the experience of an in-person, feet-on-the-ground visit to your preferred colleges, but even before the COVID era, the cost of travel
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His run-in with the novel coronavirus was a harrowing experience, and the memory of his 24 days in treatment is foggy, but Clevelander Larry Davis remembered his nurses well enough to return after his recovery—with a gift of 15 pounds
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Following the May 25 death of George Floyd, nurses and other healthcare providers have been taking action not only to protest the deaths of Black citizens at the hands of police, but also to draw attention to the severe knock-on
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Isolated from everyone but healthcare workers clad in PPE and denied the comfort of family visits, COVID-19 patients exist in a lonely world. Nurse of the Week Marc Perreault uses his musical gifts to try to bring a little intimacy
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Stories on COVID-19 occasionally refer to the Spanish Flu, a devastating worldwide outbreak that came in three waves in 1918-1919 and took more lives than the notorious Bubonic Plague of 1347-1351. In an attempt to better understand the 2020 pandemic
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