The National Cemetery Administration (NCA) honors and recognizes our Vietnam Era Veterans and their families during our Nation’s commemoration of the anniversary of the Vietnam War. VA, along with more than 9,000 organizations across the country, joined with the Department of […]
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Urgent Care Fills a Niche or Two Of the many options for primary health care, urgent care fills a niche for both patient convenience and the rerouting of care needs. Between the packed appointment schedules of primary care physicians and
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From 2014 to 2017, physician burnout increased by 5% at the Massachusetts General Hospital Physicians Organization in Boston, according to a recent analysis. Other research indicates that nearly half of physicians nationwide are experiencing burnout symptoms, and a study published in October
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Now that you have earned your degree(s) and are beginning your nursing career or taking a new job, transitioning to floor nursing can be difficult in the first year. For many newbies, it can take two to three years to
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Our Nurses of the Week are Marian and Suzanne Phelps, a mother-daughter duo who are both registered nurses, who are working with students to organize blood drives in Porter County, near the Chicago metropolitan area. They were inspired by Jan
The Missouri State Board of Nursing has decided to step in and create room for more nursing students to receive an education in an effort to ease a statewide shortage of qualified nurses. They have expanded five of the state’s
Moving Nurses Out of Traditional Roles Nursing careers can take us to creative places beyond the bedside, ED, or OR. For instance, certain specialties lend themselves to medical device and pharmaceutical corporations to serve as clinical support consultants and sales representatives. Particularly,
Arizona State University (ASU) has recently received a $50 million donation to support research into dementia. The donation came from Charlene and J. Orin Edson, and the ASU College of Nursing will appropriately be renamed the Edson College of Nursing
Barbara Stilwell, PhD, RN, FRCN, is on a mission. She wants nurses to be empowered. As the Executive Director of Nursing Now, a three-year global campaign run in collaboration with the International Council of Nurses and the World Health Organization,
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During the last week of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, the annual GI Nurses and Associates Week highlights prevention and treatment of colorectal cancer, and the care GI nurses provide to all their patients. Sponsored by the Society of Gastroenterology
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