If you’ve ever watched a series like Grey’s Anatomy or ER, you know that hospital scenes are always dramatic on screen. And if they’re in the emergency department—well, they pretty much always are. In real life, though, that’s not quite […]
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Our Nurse of the Week is Clareen Wiencek, an associate professor of nursing at the University of Virginia (UVA) who is helping drive new education in the area of palliative care. Palliative care provides relief from the symptoms and stress
Today is Emergency Nurses Day, so Minority Nurse wanted to connect with an emergency department (ED) nurse and find out a little more about this career path. Martha Saroop MS, RN, CEN, NE-BC, has worked in the United States and
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Nurses know what happens when a colleague has to call out due to sickness or an emergency or is due for vacation—others often end up working double shifts. If you want to, that’s one thing. But when it’s required because
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The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) celebrated the 130th anniversary of its founding over the weekend. The school originally opened as a hospital training school in October 1889 and eventually grew into a national model for nursing education. JHSON
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Experts agree that mentoring is vital to your professional and personal development as a nurse. Good mentoring can lead to getting into—and through—nursing school, getting a great job, and getting into graduate school. However, as a minority nursing student or
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The Indiana University Board of Trustees recently approved a new online Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program through Indiana University (IU) Bloomington. The IU School of Nursing is based at IUPUI, which includes IU Fort Wayne and IU Bloomington.
A case manager oversees patients and patient care with a holistic view, and that makes it an excellent role for nurses. As a case manager, nurses advocate for patients as they establish care plans and coordinate care for cases that
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Concordia University Texas School of Nursing students are now utilizing a medical van to better serve their community. Their mobile Medical Missions Van operates as a pop-up clinic that provides free, basic healthcare to two counties and has plenty of
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For this year’s Emergency Nurses Week, the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) focuses on nurses being EmpowerED and what that means for each nurse. As an emergency nurse, being empowered in your role and in your career can look different for
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