April is National Minority Health Month, and this year, the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) is focusing on the impacts COVID-19 is having on racial and ethnic minority and American Indian and Alaska Native communities and underscoring the need […]
Looking to meet with a VA recruiter? Forget the crowded conferences – VA is making it easier to connect with one by taking the traditional job fair online with a virtual open house. Starting this month, we’re launching a new
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Access to simulation training could be a game-changer for nurses and other healthcare workers in rural Iowa, where training and continuing education (CE) has long been an ordeal. A nurse in the Iowa heartland may have to drive hundreds of
Are you looking to overhaul your budget, but don’t have lots of wiggle room for savings? Even if your employment is solid right now, it doesn’t mean you’re not nervous about your cash flow. Your costs might have gone up
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Last December, Mirande Gross graduated from Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, with a bachelor’s degree in communications. But Gross has changed her mind and is heading back to school in May for a one-year accelerated nursing degree program. The pandemic
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If you consider yourself highly empathetic, adaptable, and patient, crisis nursing might be the right field for you. This ever-growing nursing niche involves administering care to patients experiencing issues with mental health, substance abuse, trauma and co-occurring disorders. Each day,
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If you got pinned (virtually, perhaps) during the COVID-19 pandemic, then you’re likely facing a whole slew of challenges nursing school didn’t cover. The fact of the matter is that the pandemic completely rocked the medical world. We watched as
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Racial and ethnic minority communities that lack internet access have been left behind in the race to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The average monthly cost of internet access, about US$70, can be out of reach for those who can barely afford groceries. Reporters
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Nursing programs have had to innovate to meet the challenges posed by the pandemic. Restrictions imposed by shutdown orders, social distancing, limited in-person meetings, changes to course delivery and clinical placement requirements, and integrating technology into the classroom like never
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 Every year, February 18 is designated as Critical Care Transport Nurses Day to bring attention to this nursing specialty. Minority Nurse asked Lisa Pruitt, RN, BSN, C-NPT, and a board member of the Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association about
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