Our Nurses of the Week are Surya Upreti and Prem Shrestha, best friends from Nepal and recent graduates of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) College of Nursing. These two nurses are choosing to give back and pay it […]
Every time you fly in an airplane, the flight attendant explains that, in a crisis, you need to put on your own oxygen mask before helping others—because you can’t help others unless you’re taken care of first. Unfortunately, with regard
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Dr. Sonya Hardin has been named dean of the University of Louisville (UofL) School of Nursing. She will be leaving her post as associate dean for graduate programs and professor in the College of Nursing at East Carolina University, and
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The Independence Blue Cross (IBC) Foundation has announced that it will be awarding $1.8 million in grants to nursing schools and local organizations to help combat the opioid epidemic, support nurses, and benefit community health and wellness efforts. The grant
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Effective communication is one of the foundations of good nursing care. The honest forms of nurse-patient communication include verbal and non-verbal communication (e.g., body language, facial expression, gestures, and distance between you and your patients). Effective nurse-patient communication can improve
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The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) College of Nursing was recently named a 2018 Center of Excellence in Nursing Education by the National League for Nursing (NLN). This distinction is in recognition of the university’s efforts to promote pedagogical
Frontier Nursing University (FNU) has been granted continued accreditation from the Board of Commissioners of the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). The university’s master of science in nursing and post-graduate certificate nursing programs are included in the continued
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Our Nurse of the Week is Angie Gray, a nurse from West Virginia who is working to fight the opioid epidemic through her harm reduction clinic. Gray started the first harm reduction program in her county in April 2017, with
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Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON), has been named an American Academy of Nursing Edge Runner for the creation of her program Danger Assessment: An Instrument to Help Abused Women Assess Their
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When I first became a labor and delivery (L&D) nurse, I didn’t quite know what I was getting myself into. I didn’t have children and I didn’t know anyone who did. I hadn’t even held a baby before! I had
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