Thing about your gastrointestinal system—everything from the nourishing food we take in for fuel to the waste that comes out passes through all the different parts. While you learn about all the GI anatomy in nursing school, there’s so much […]
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Two faculty members from the University at Buffalo (UB) School of Nursing have received awards to help fund interdisciplinary research projects in the areas of access to health care for low-income cancer patients and weight loss following bariatric surgery. Darryl
Working overnight shifts is a big change for many nurses, but it’s also extremely common. With the 24-hour demands of the bustling, modern health care system, there’s a good chance you’llhave to work the night shift at some point in
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The University of Vermont (UVM) Medical Center has created a residency program to help new nursing graduates successfully transition to the workplace. The program is designed to help ease the transition from classroom to bedside and research shows that this
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How often should a man get breast and cervical cancer screenings? Should a woman get screened for prostate cancer? The answer to these questions and more depends on knowing if your patient is transgender. The Williams Institute estimated the transgender
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Our Nurse of the Week is Linda Girard, a retired nurse who recently received a reward for her generous contributions to the HIV/AIDS community. Girard recalls wanting to be a nurse since the age of 12, a dream she fulfilled
Previously proposed legislation to enable 13 institutions in the Colorado state system of community colleges to offer four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degrees was signed into law this week. The new legislation, HB18-1086 “Community College Bachelor Science Degree
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The UCLA School of Nursing recently received a $2 million gift from the Shapiro Family Charitable Foundation to endow a faculty chair in developmental disability studies. Their generous gift will enable UCLA Nursing to build on their national and international
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Nursing is a vocation rife with occupational hazards. On a daily basis, nurses come into contact with sick patients, infectious agents, teratogenic chemicals, and radiation, to name a few environmental risks. Additionally, nurses are constantly on their feet, walking several
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“The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called ‘truth’.” – Dan Rather For those of you teaching nursing and
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