World Hepatitis Day is marked every year on July 28 with an goal to provide education that will save lives. The awareness day, one of the World Health Organization’s seven officially mandated global public health days, gives healthcare workers and […]
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Nurses with disabilities find the nursing industry offers excellent career paths that help them fulfill their goals, regardless of disability. Whether nurses have a disability before they enter the workforce or become disabled after their licensure, they are needed to
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July is a prime month for sunburns, but protecting your skin from sun damage is a year-round task. No matter where you live, putting sunscreen on before you head out the door is just as important in the summer as
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The Office of Minority Health, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, designates each July as Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Â By calling attention to the specifics of mental health in minority communities, the awareness campaign
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Nurses don’t always find the exact specialty that fuels their passion when they start out on a nursing path. Nicole Reid, BA, RN/BSN, EdM, CSPI, DABAT, now the managing director of the National Capital Poison Center in Washington, DC, didn’t
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Each year, the third week of June is a time to recognize and honor the work of certified nursing assistants with CNA Week. Celebrated this year from June 15 to 23, the National Association of Health Care Assistants (NAHCA) sponsors
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As LGBTQIA+ nurses celebrate June’s Pride Month, they continue to advocate for  accessible and safe care for the LGBTQIA+ community and for a nursing workforce that represents the populations they serve. Jeff Day, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, CNEcl, who is chair of
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A recent survey from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that nurses experience or see exceptionally high instances of discrimination and racism in the workplace and while in nursing school. The Insights Into Nurses’ Experiences and Perceptions of Discrimination survey
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When Nick Escobedo DNP, RN, OCN, NE-BC, director of Inpatient Oncology at Houston Methodist Hospital, started his nursing career, he didn’t expect to land in oncology nursing. During May’s recognition of Oncology Nursing Month, Escobedo says the career has offered
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The third week of every May (this year May 14-20) Â is dedicated to Neuroscience Nurses Week in recognition of and tribute to neuroscience nurses and the work they do. Neuroscience nurses work with patients who have a range of health
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