Overcoming vaccine hesitancy and access issues has become even more critical because of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health experts argued at a recent webinar hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. “Strengthening vaccine access and confidence today is […]
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The first quarter of 2020 has revealed, to many, the depth of the racial problem in American society. First, COVID-19, which has disproportionately impacted communities of color, revealed the inequities in the American health care and economic system. Then, the
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Lt. Col. Joseph Henry Ward, M.D., Dr. John A. Kenney and his son, Dr. Howard W. Kenney, are not exactly household names. But these VA trailblazers deserve to be remembered for the great strides they made toward equality in health care leading
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School may be closed, but nursing students have continued to learn while working on the COVID-19 frontlines. Most find that they are more dedicated than ever in the wake of the pandemic. Now in her third year at University of
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It’s a great time to be a nurse. Especially with the COVID-19 pandemic and as the global population continues to swell, improving public health is paramount. Health care professionals, especially nurses, are essential to helping people establish and maintain healthy
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Nurses are generating a host of innovations to resolve healthcare pain points during the age of COVID. At the Nurse Hack 4 Health virtual hackathon, a project to make telehealth more accessible to rural Americans and a “GPS” that helps
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Nurse of the Week Ben Busey is no stranger to crises. In addition to working as an Urgent Care Nurse Manager at the Roseburg VA Medical Center in Oregon, Busey is also a part of the VA’s Disaster Emergency Medical
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“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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Summer is here and the living is supposed to be easy. But for nurses, especially in 2020, the summertime looks like it’s going to be pretty busy. Are you looking for an energy boost? Even as cases of the coronavirus
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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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