I had the opportunity to precept a nursing student this month and I thought it would be a perfect blog post to share with you all, from my perspective as a nurse, and that as a student who not too […]
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Every year, National Neuroscience Nurses Week is celebrated in the third week of May. The week honors nurses who dedicate themselves to this field and to the patients and families impacted by everything from severe head trauma to stroke. Neuroscience
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Working in health care can be emotionally demanding and stressful. Not only do nurses normalize their own emotional reactions to practice, but they also ease the fear and distress of their patients. Research shows that early career nurses are likely
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I vividly remember my first day of working in the NICU. I had two years of adult nursing experience under my belt and was excited to transition my career to caring for the world’s tiniest humans. The first few months
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The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) recently received a $10 million gift from Bill and Joanne Conway through their Bedford Falls Foundation. The generous gift will enable the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) to provide scholarships to nearly
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Iowa State University is in the process of enrolling its first-ever class of registered nurses seeking to earn Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degrees. The university is hopeful that the program will improve health care outcomes across the state.
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Spring is usually a stressful time for high school seniors who are waiting to hear back from the colleges they’ve applied to with hopes of being accepted. This experience was no different for Jasmine E. Harrison, a 17-year-old senior at
This week is National Nurses Week. Several businesses across the country are honoring nurses this week with deals and discounts. Nurses have been recognized as the most trusted profession for the past 16 years. As nurses, we play vital roles
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One of my greatest pleasures in life is being a mentor to the next generation of nurses (not all of them, obviously!). I’ve learned over the years that the mentor/mentee relationship should be taken seriously. Mentoring relationships have often grown
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In honor of National Nurses Week (May 6-12, 2018), our Nurses of the Week are Ana Verzone and Jackie Baer, two nurse practitioners who have dedicated their careers to caring for the neglected and underserved populations in America’s rural regions.
