Two Democrat representatives, Lisa Subeck and Jonathon Brostoff, recently introduced the CNA Pay Act to increase wages and expand access to training for Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) who work on the frontlines of long-term care and nursing facilities. The proposal […]
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shift work and a lack of sleep due to long shifts can cause a serious health burden. Shift work sleep disorders (SWSD) contribute to the development or exacerbation of various co-morbid
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Every day, Nancy Brook, MSN, RN, CFNP, sees breast cancer patients in an outpatient clinic at Stanford Healthcare. She says that most of her patients have metastatic breast cancer—cancer which has traveled to a site in the body beyond the
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Yu-Ping Chang, PhD, associate professor and associate dean for research and scholarship in the University at Buffalo (UB) School of Nursing, was recently named the first School of Nursing Patricia H. and Richard E. Garman Professor for her influential work
Most adults work 8-hour days, but because nurses are superhuman we work 12-hour shifts. Working this long can seem daunting, but with a few tricks, you’ll be able power through your shift and be ready for another one the next
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The Indiana University School of Nursing and School of Informatics and Computing has begun offering students the opportunity to earn a Master of Science in health informatics while earning a Bachelor’s degree in nursing. This fast-track degree option offers students
Auburn University recently dedicated its new School of Nursing building to bring students and faculty together. Construction on the 89,000-square-foot building began in spring 2016, and is now complete providing a home for new nursing classrooms, offices, and simulation labs
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Losing a patient is one of the most difficult things that a nurse experiences. No matter how hard they’ve worked and how many interventions they’ve done, sometimes patients will still die. And telling the families is even more difficult. Nurses
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Our Nurse of the Week is Joseph Bruno, 36, who was the nurse in charge of the trauma unit at University Medical Center (UMC) in Las Vegas, NV on Oct. 1 when Stephen Paddock opened fire on a concert crowd
Five faculty members from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) have been selected as fellows of the American Academy of Nursing and were scheduled to be inducted in October. These honorees will join the 2017 class who were selected
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