Earning a nursing degree doesn’t look the same today as it did 20 years ago, with students sitting behind a desk taking lecture notes. In fact, 75 percent of programs now use online or distance learning. Technology has dramatically changed […]
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The coronavirus has hit minority communities harder in terms of health by amplifying social and economic factors while also revealing deep-rooted inequities. Racial disparities that were present before the pandemic have only been compounded and are evident in the rates
Registered nurses have been in high demand in the United States for over a decade, and projections on the job outlook from 2019-2029 indicate this profession will grow 7% faster than other jobs. In 2019, nurses ranked third as the
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Findings identify high level of HIV and barriers to care among transgender women A CDC report released in advance of National Transgender HIV Testing Day found that 4 in 10 transgender women surveyed in seven major U.S. cities have HIV. The report,
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Oncology nurses help patients face the uncertain territory that a cancer diagnosis brings and navigate a path through treatment. May is Oncology Nursing Month and the time is set aside to celebrate the work oncology nurses do with patients, the
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It’s well-known—among nurses, at least—that myriads of nurses first recognize their calling when family members or they themselves are being cared for in a hospital. (So, every time you visit the bedside of a young person, you might be “pollinating”
National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, is objecting to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance stating that fully vaccinated people no longer needed to wear masks, avoid crowds
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After spending much of the past year tending to elderly patients, doctors are seeing a clear demographic shift: young and middle-aged adults make up a growing share of the patients in covid-19 hospital wards. It’s both a sign of the
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Nursing strives to exceed the boundaries when it comes to providing patient care in the United States, and nursing leaders have long understood the importance of diversity in the workplace to obtain quality outcomes for their patients. Over the last
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In honor of National Nurses Month and in celebration of VHA’s 75th anniversary, VA thanks its nurses and highlights nursing career opportunities VA nurses make a profound impact on the lives of Veterans every day – and this has never
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