Our Nurse of the Week is Sheri Carson, a clinical instructor in the University of Arizona (UA) College of Nursing who developed a child abuse screening program to help emergency room nurses recognize the signs of abuse early on. Children […]
We hope you had a happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and maybe even a three-day weekend! The U.S. celebrates it as a federal holiday annually on the third Monday of January, but not every nurse or health care employee
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing and Children’s of Alabama recently partnered on a new one-year residency program for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner graduates to meet the growing need for mental health care providers for children
This year’s Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) Week, celebrated from January 20-26, calls attention to the work of nurse anesthetists and the patient care they provide. Sponsored by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) , this week of celebration
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Vanderbilt University’s School of Nursing (VUSN) is set to open a new $23.6 million building expansion on January 22, which was designed with health and wellbeing in mind. The expansion broke ground in 2017 with plans to target LEED Gold
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Nurses have intense experiences that most other health care workers don’t. As a result, they tend to have a great deal of stress. Having friendships with other nurses tends to alleviate it and help in more ways than you might
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Experience in New Jersey showed programs faltered without strong leaders Effective leadership is crucial to the success of initiatives like implementing a nurse residency program in a post-acute care (PAC) setting. These programs can be a valuable asset for recruiting,
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Healthcare workforce gains seen with Medicare-funded test program An increase in government funding for clinical training opportunities for advanced practice registered nursing (APRN) is a feasible and affordable way to grow the primary care workforce, according to a Report to
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A new healthcare nonprofit organization in Maryland recently launched to better address rural patients’ needs. IMBUEfoundation will provide care and transportation services to Maryland’s Eastern Shore communities, to improve residents’ options for care and lifestyle choices. “IMBUEfoundation was established to eliminate
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. Type 2 diabetes is one of the most commonly occurring chronic diseases, which affects about 90-95% of those
