Florida International University’s (FIU) Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences has awarded $100,000 in traineeship grants to five FIU nurse practitioner graduate students to participate in the pilot of the Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) program. ANEW is […]
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A recent report by The Joint Commission has tackled the issue of workplace violence in healthcare organizations head on. The Sentinel Event Alert 59: Physical and verbal violence against health care workers gives hospitals and healthcare organizations guidelines to address
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Not all transplant nurses do the same kind of work. Because a kidney or part of a liver can be transplanted from a live donor, there are nurses who work with them every step of the way and for years
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A new survey conducted by AMN Healthcare, BE Smith, and The Center for the Advancement of Healthcare Professionals in 2017, surveyed 223 nurse leaders about the impact of the nationwide nursing shortage on their organizations. Survey participants included chief nursing
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As a nurse, your day is spent with your patients and their information. You review patients’ records, listen to their health histories, administer medication, and engage in therapy. It is well-known for experienced nurses that all patient information is confidential
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Our Nurse of the Week is Peggy Phillips, a retired registered school nurse who was aboard the damaged Southwest Airlines flight that was forced to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia last week following an engine failure. Phillips heroically rushed
Infusion errors continue to occur more frequently than they should. In fact, in 2017, the ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit that strives to improve patient care through researching health care approaches, rated infusion errors as the number one hazard in
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Baylor University’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing (LHSON) has announced a partnership with Keypath Education to advance graduate-level online programming, beginning with nursing education. With data showing that nursing master’s degrees have grown 42 percent over the last five years
There’s good reason to take note of the emerging, digital detoxing trend that’s making its way through health and wellness circles. Many of us are glued to our phones, tablets, or computers at all hours of the day and night.
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Dr. Barbara J. Bowers, PhD, RN, FAAN, associate dean for research and sponsored programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, has been selected by the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing for induction to the Nurse
